{"id":14113,"date":"2014-04-25T11:01:56","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T18:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qgp.ykq.mybluehost.me\/cinephiled\/?p=14113"},"modified":"2014-04-25T11:01:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T18:01:56","slug":"review-youve-seen-woman-done-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinephiled.com\/review-youve-seen-woman-done-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: You’ve Seen ‘The Other Woman’ Before … and Done Better"},"content":{"rendered":"

At a certain point in nearly every movie career, actors start repeating themselves. And we\u2019re not just talking about sequels, three-quels and remakes here, folks. No, what we\u2019re talking about are those times when actors appear in carbon copies of other movies they\u2019ve already made.<\/p>\n

Of course, the only true differences there are between the supposed \u201coriginal\u201d and the subsequent, all-too-familiar and all-too-derivative later movies would be the character names and titles.<\/p>\n

The latest, but certainly not the last of this bunch is former \u201csuperstar\u201d actress Cameron Diaz, whose status has apparently fallen to such a point that she now finds herself in things like The Other Woman<\/em>, an alleged \u201cromantic\u201d comedy that swipes shamelessly from her earlier hits, among them She\u2019s the One<\/em> (1996), My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding<\/em> (1997) and The Sweetest Thing<\/em> (2002).<\/p>\n

Like them or not, at least those films had a relaxed, likable charm to them. This film, on the other hand, seems so desperate for laughs that you can practically see the flop sweat appear on its performers as they flail from one obnoxiously, uncomfortable scene to the next.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s especially true to Diaz, who stars as the title character, Carly Whitten. She\u2019s head over whatever for Mark King (Nicolaj Coster-Waldau), who appears to be the perfect guy. That is, until she discovers he\u2019s married.<\/p>\n

In a rage, Carly vows revenge on Mark\u2019s wife, Kate (Leslie Mann), to whom his infidelity comes as quite a shock. But then something funny happens \u2013 well, so to speak for this dud of a movie: The two women bond and quickly become \u201cbesties.\u201d And together, they decide to turn their baneful gazes and even-more-baneful actions towards the man who unknowingly pitted them against each other.<\/p>\n

Further complicating things: They discover Mark has yet another mistress, Amber (Kate Upton). As clueless as she is beautiful, Amber may be the pawn they need to get Mark to own up to his cheating ways and get some much-needed closure in the process.<\/p>\n

You do have to give the film one thing: Diaz and Mann (Mrs. Judd Apatow) are around the same age, and would seem to be a good pairing as cinematic pals. But as talented and funny as both of them can be in the right material (see Mann\u2019s appearances in her husband\u2019s movies for evidence), there\u2019s just not much to work with here.<\/p>\n

The script comes courtesy Melissa Stack, a newcomer who clearly believes the best kind of humor is embarrassment and misunderstanding humor, the kind of comedy practiced in television classics like Seinfeld<\/em> and Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/em>. However, once these jokes start failing, she and director Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook, My Sister\u2019s Keeper<\/em>) fall back on sexual and other crudities. If you thought the aforementioned The Sweetest Thing<\/em> got crass, you haven\u2019t seen anything yet.<\/p>\n

And comedy \u2013 at least this kind of comedy \u2013 clearly isn\u2019t Cassavetes\u2019 strong suit. The slapstick moments in particular, are done in such ham-fisted fashion that they deserve a laugh track \u2026 or maybe even a rim shot.<\/p>\n

So again, give Diaz and Mann some props for trying to elevate this material through sheer effort. The rest of the cast, though, seems to be going through the motion, particularly Coster-Waldau (HBO\u2019s Game of Thrones<\/em>). Talentless model-turned-supposed-actress Upton is an irritant, as is noxious musician Nikki Minaj, there simply so the film\u2019s cast has more \u201cnames\u201d in it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jeff Michael Vice can also be read reviewing comics and television for Big Shiny Robot! (<\/em>www.bigshinyrobot.com<\/a>), be heard reviewing films, television programs, comics, books, music and other things as part of The Geek Show Podcast (<\/em>www.thegeekshowpodcast.com<\/a>), and be seen reviewing films as part of Xfinity\u2019s Big Movie Mouth-Off (<\/em>www.facebook.com\/BigMovieMouthOff<\/em><\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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