Monday 18 January 2010

The Other Man

It's a very heavy film with a dark plot and an ingenious twist.

I would not say it is a particularly good film, apart from the twist, which I do not want to spoil for you and thus will not elaborate on. I have grown fond of Liam Neeson's acting lately and in my eyes, he delivers once again. Antonio Banderas puts in a decent effort and I can imagine the role of a slick dreamer who wives cheat on their husbands on was interesting to play for him.

The bottom line, however, is this - it drags a lot and builds up to the twist after which there is an anticlimax and everybody is richer for the experience. You need to be in a very specific mood to watch this, otherwise it will be nothing more than average.

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