The Other Woman

This review may contain spoilers.

If generic plot is what you enjoy then The Other Woman would be right up your alley. I would give The Other Woman a 4.5/10.

I think what this film did right was that it had some great humour, you cannot fault it for that. I think this script knew what would entertain an audience on average and put it out there.

Cameron Diaz, who played Carly Whitten, has definitely aged as an actress, because while her tired mid-life crisis of a character is portrayed brilliantly, it feels as if any character beyond this one would be too much of a strain for her now; great performance though. Nikolag Coster-Waldau, who plays Mark King, is fantastic at playing 'Prince Charming' but he shows the downright creepy cheater role is just as easy for him to play, frankly when he loses everything at the end of the film I immediately knew it was my favourite scene.

It is Leslie Mann, who plays Kate King, that really just makes this film her own. She comes across as naturally funny and spontaneous, essentially she was the heart of the film and you cared for her the most out of the cast of characters.

Frankly this film didn't try to escape the realms of it's genre, it was a 'chick flick' through and through. There is no surprise nor plot twist in this film that you hadn't already guessed would happen after the first five minutes. The story also made the act of cheating seem nowhere near as bad as it was in how cheap it made it out to be at times. I also found the editing and cinematography to be rather simple in this film, nothing made it unique or gave it a great visual style. The music also just felt like it was out of place at times and really just seemed like they were trying to make a soundtrack to go with the movie.

Don Johnson, who played Frank, really had no business being in this film as he basically did nothing for the entire feature. Kate Upton, who played Amber, came off as nothing but a stereotype portrayal ob blonde bimbo and was used primarily as eye candy for the male audience. Taylor Kinney, who played Phil, was only in this feature to keep some scrap of romantic story alive and it was completely unnecessary. Nicki Minaj, who played Lydia, is pretty much what you expect from a singer/rapper trying to get acting gigs, she sucks and she just doesn't even look like she's trying to do a good job.