The Other Woman is a good movie. It’s not a great film, but it is well done, earnest, and avoids a lot of common pitfalls in this genera (the kid being too cute, the ex-wife being too unsympathetic, etc.) I’d say they captured everything pretty well, it’s just that they failed to capture it all in a thrilling way. But if you consider, for example, the current selection of movies at the Union Square Theater right now (Hanna, Thor, X-Men, Pirates IV, Priest, and Fast Five) failure to thrill intellectually and emotionally is hardly a crime!

I’m not a big fan of Natalie Portman but I thought she was pretty good in this role. I thought she was better in this role than her ridiculous role in Black Swan – they should have given her an award for this if they had to give her an award. The rest of the cast is solid, particularly Lisa Kudrow who is one seriously underrated actress in my book. It was nice to see Scott Cohen (Rory’s teacher in the first season of The Gilmore Girls)  get a serious movie role and he does a good job, and it was also nice to see Anthony Rapp (Mark in the musical Rent) get some work, even if it was a nothing supportive role that could have easily been deleted from the movie.

The Other Woman is definitely worth seeing – Netflix it!