The Other Woman
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: April 25, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
16
Negative:
12
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleApr 24, 2014
Audiences looking for a nonstop laugh riot may be disappointed, but the big laughs are there, and they benefit from the movie's underlying sincerity. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldConnie OgleApr 24, 2014
Definitely funny. Goofy, ridiculous, with more gross-out humor than is strictly necessary but still funny. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattApr 25, 2014
This one has its own wonky charm and intermittent moments of genuine, depraved hilarity; it's like "Bridesmaids" drawn in crayon. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyApr 24, 2014
Apparently intended as a blend of "Bridesmaids" and "The First Wives Club," it’s often oddly engrossing, almost despite itself, largely thanks to the performances and the free rein the director gives his stars. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsApr 24, 2014
Written by newcomer Melissa K. Stack, The Other Woman offers roughly equal parts wit and witlessness, casual smarts and jokes, lingering and detailed, regarding explosive bowel movements. Based on that ratio, I'd say the screenwriter's future in Hollywood looks pretty good. Read full review
63
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreApr 23, 2014
Melissa K. Stack’s script has snap and crackle to go with the pop, making this female wish-fulfillment fantasy an “Eat, Pray, Revenge” that delivers the punches that two “Sex and the City” movies never could. Read full review
61
Film.comKate ErblandApr 23, 2014
The Other Woman eschews plenty of standard genre expectations to make an unexpectedly friendship-friendly film. Read full review
60
VarietyJustin ChangApr 23, 2014
As it winds its way toward an unexpectedly grisly final showdown, The Other Woman often feels stranded between gross-out comedy, romantic fantasy and distaff psychodrama in a way that compels fascination and impatience alike. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonAnna SmithApr 22, 2014
Instead of updating the genre, The Other Woman rehashes it, bringing little more than a few giggles and a dash of glamour to the table. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriApr 27, 2014
A montage-happy, occasionally unpleasant film that’s still strangely watchable, The Other Woman is almost saved by a cast that’s … well, likable isn’t quite the word. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaApr 25, 2014
Thank goodness for Leslie Mann. If not for the nutball charm of this tight-wound whirlwind, the dispiriting Hollywood sex comedy The Other Woman would be close to unbearable. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireApr 25, 2014
Trouble is, Cassavetes — working from a script by Melissa K. Stack — veers wildly between cautionary tale, revenge comedy, scatological raunchfest and female empowerment drama. Read full review
50
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzApr 24, 2014
Oh, all right, some of The Other Woman is funny. The parts with Leslie Mann, mostly, who makes this hit-and-miss, problematic comedy directed by Nick Cassavetes far more entertaining than it has a right to be. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenApr 23, 2014
Granted, femme-centered film comedies are a thing to cherish, but The Other Woman only gets it half right. Read full review
50
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeApr 23, 2014
A smiling Cameron Diaz and a weeping Leslie Mann bring a lot to any movie, but they aren't enough to overcome the mix-and-match mania of these proceedings. Girls just wanna have fun, but they'd also like a coherent night at the movies. Read full review
42
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerApr 25, 2014
Practically every gag in this movie, and there are scores of them, is milked dry. When the gags aren’t very good to begin to with, this is a prescription for disaster. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyApr 23, 2014
Somewhere around the 60-minute mark, director Nick Cassavetes — whose career makes one wish that John Cassavetes had been a better father — pushes the movie into Tyler Perry territory, with the final third playing as a tone-deaf mixture of wish fulfillment, punishment, and bawdy innuendo. Read full review
40
Total FilmJames MottramApr 28, 2014
A few lowbrow laughs… but far too many one-note characters, performances, and plot points to make them worth showing up for. Read full review
40
TimeRichard CorlissApr 27, 2014
And yet, all three women are less watchable and amusing that Nicki Minaj as Carly’s legal assistant Lydia. Read full review
40
The TelegraphTim RobeyApr 24, 2014
Nick Cassavetes (John Q, The Notebook) has never delivered a picture that entirely knows what its tone is, and a manic uncertainty duly sucks the fun away. Read full review
40
Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekApr 24, 2014
The Other Woman doesn't give these actresses much to do except look ridiculous, if not sneaky and conniving. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyApr 24, 2014
Slyness, slapstick and sex can often be mixed to amusing effect whatever the specifics — the original "Hangover," for example, did a credible job of it — but The Other Woman is ultimately undone by its indecision. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyApr 23, 2014
A female solidarity adultery comedy that's three parts embarrassing farce to one part genuinely comic discharge. Read full review
38
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliApr 24, 2014
The Other Woman ignores dozens of potentially edgy possibilities to tell the most banal story imaginable - and to do it badly. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineJordan OstererApr 23, 2014
The film is clearly wary of either being too saccharine or taking itself--or the notion of compulsive infidelity--too seriously, though its schadenfreude is unwavering. Read full review
37
Washington PostAnn HornadayApr 24, 2014
Although The Other Woman nibbles around the edges of revealing truths about relationships, it leaves most of that potential behind, instead pursuing easy, exhausted cliches about zip-less marriages, upper class suburban drudgery, cynical careerism and dumb-but-sweet blondes. Read full review
33
HitfixDrew McWeenyApr 25, 2014
This thing swings from broad gross-out comedy to something that seems to be struggling to be a reflection of real life, and it never establishes a baseline reality. It is a strange misfire that is only saved from being a complete disaster by the efforts of the film's two leads. Read full review
30
The DissolveNathan RabinApr 24, 2014
The bigness of Mann’s performance can’t help but set the film’s tone, which goes manic and high-strung to the point of hysteria before settling down and becoming really stupid and gross. Read full review
25
Portland OregonianStephen WhittyApr 25, 2014
The only thing missing from this steaming casserole, in fact, is the one crucial ingredient: A sense of humor. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperApr 24, 2014
It’s only mid-April, but I’m making an early reservation for The Other Woman to appear on my list of the 10 Worst Films of 2014. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeTy BurrApr 24, 2014
One of those loud, cringe-y female-empowerment comedies that feels like it was made by people who hate women. Read full review
25
New York PostSara StewartApr 23, 2014
Playing like a script that’s been moldering since Diane Keaton turned it down in 1983, The Other Woman is a weak adultery rom-com in which the most authentic performance comes from a non-housebroken Great Dane. Read full review
20
The New York TimesStephen HoldenApr 24, 2014
This female revenge comedy is so dumb, lazy, clumsily assembled and unoriginal, it could crush any actor forced to execute its leaden slapstick gags and mouth its crude, humorless dialogue. Read full review
20
The GuardianHenry BarnesApr 24, 2014
The Other Woman scrawls out a dumb dumb-feminist message with a big, fat marker pen. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanApr 24, 2014
So instead of the rom-com, we now have the “non-com.” The cardboard characters and predictable rhythms remain. But this time, we get all the comic cliches with none of the romance. Read full review
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