Unfaithful

Name: Unfaithful
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Released: May 10, 2002
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Diane Lane, Olivier Martinez, Richard Gere

2002

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: May 10, 2002 | R

Starring: Diane Lane, Olivier Martinez, Richard Gere

Summary: An erotic thriller about the body language of guilt, centering on a couple living in the New York City suburbs whose marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling. (20th Century Fox)

Director: Adrian Lyne

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 124 min

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Mick LaSalle

It's that rare kind of movie that comes along only a handful of times each year -- gut-level entertainment that's oddly profound. Read full review

Jami Bernard

The movie doesn't stoop to cheap psychoanalysis and must be commended for a bravely ambiguous ending. But most of the credit goes to Lane, who is simply extraordinary as a woman whose body is at war with her conscience.

David Ansen

Unfaithful shows what a powerful, sexy, smart filmmaker Lyne can be. It’s a shame he substitutes the mechanics of suspense for the real suspense of what goes on between a man and a woman, a husband and a wife.

Rick Kisonak

Not bad for a mainstream suspensefest. Gere's good, Lane, as I said, is amazing in places and Lyne does some of his most assured work in years. Read full review

James Berardinelli

The good points about Unfaithful can't overcome the movie's eventual downward spiral. Read full review

Connie Ogle

Comes off curiously flat. Read full review

New Times (L.A.) Luke Y. Thompson

Even those looking to catch a few Diane Lane tit shots will be so exhausted by the endless nothingness between each one that it won't be worth it.

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Farsheed

Jun 6, 2016

The subject was so similar to another movie by Lyne, but this one was much more exciting. If you like drama, you have to watch it. It makes everyone think more about having sex out of marriage.
I don't know why but I think there are many similarities between this and the novel The ScarletThe subject was so similar to another movie by Lyne, but this one was much more exciting. If you like drama, you have to watch it. It makes everyone think more about having sex out of marriage.
I don't know why but I think there are many similarities between this and the novel The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne.… Expand

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NikolayG

Mar 13, 2017

I'm partial to thrillers that focus on couples, and enjoyed this a great deal. The acting is perfect. The story didn't know if it wanted to be straight drama, or a thriller. It's about a woman who has an affair and the growing suspicion of her husband. I wish the traditional thrillerI'm partial to thrillers that focus on couples, and enjoyed this a great deal. The acting is perfect. The story didn't know if it wanted to be straight drama, or a thriller. It's about a woman who has an affair and the growing suspicion of her husband. I wish the traditional thriller qualities had entered the story a lot sooner, so much more could have been done with that. But just the same, I was totally involved from the start all the way through to the end. Though I would have handled the ending differently. This is not a spoiler because this does not happen in the movie. But at the end the main characters - the married couple - is in a car at night. They are having a very significant moment. There is a train crossing just ahead. That much IS in the movie. For my money - given the shady activities they have both been engaged in - I would have had them drive across the tracks only to get whacked and obliterated by a high speed train. Then black screen and credits while the train whistle blows. But that didn't happen. The actual ending is good, though. Just not as good as that. While it's true that the movie has intense sex scenes, in the end you realize - other than toplessness - they really don't show anything you wouldn't see on the average beach, and all those scenes combined occupy maybe 4 minutes of screen time out of two hours. So reviewers who are calling this porn are just factually incorrect.… Expand

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Sosmooth1982

Jan 14, 2023

Decent movie but I'm not into infidelity. It just proves no matter how well you think you can hide an affair, the spouse always knows. You stop doing the things you used to. Even when you don't realize it. At least the that guy deserved what he got.

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Broyax

May 16, 2018

Infidèle est le remake amerloque du film franchouillard "La femme infidèle" de Claude Chabrol en 1969 avec Stéphane Audran dans le rôle de la femme adultère et l'excellent Michel Bouquet dans celui du cocu...

Ici cependant, Richard Gere en homme trompé ne s'avère pas très à l'aise : ilInfidèle est le remake amerloque du film franchouillard "La femme infidèle" de Claude Chabrol en 1969 avec Stéphane Audran dans le rôle de la femme adultère et l'excellent Michel Bouquet dans celui du cocu...

Ici cependant, Richard Gere en homme trompé ne s'avère pas très à l'aise : il semble éloigné de son personnage, voire carrément absent par moments : il faut dire que Bouquet avait placé la barre très haut dans l'intensité et la douleur contenue du mari trahi en dépit de la mise en scène de somnifère de l'endormi Chabrol.

Par contre, Diane Lane se révèle totalement dans son personnage de femme victime d'une passion inextinguible... pour un étalon plus jeune qu'elle, en l'occurrence (afin de plaire au public américain) un "french lover" et un vrai parisien émigré.. joué par l'acteur français Olivier Martinez passé en coup de vent dans moult productions hollywoodiennes de cette période : il est un peu cave, beau gosse mais surtout un cliché ambulant...

Le film d'Adrian Lyne reste en tout cas fidèle dans les grandes lignes à l'original, y compris jusqu'à la même fin ambigüe mais a développé la relation entre l'épouse infidèle et son amant, une partie injustement escamotée du film français. Le film américain a également ajouté un chiard de 9 ans, une tronche à baffes insupportable de débilité dont les parents sont complètement gagas et abrutis (ils mériteraient des baffes eux aussi, on dirait des vieux séniles avec leur clébard).

La mise en scène n'a rien à voir avec le film lymphatique de Chabrol, ce qui ne signifie pas qu'il est exempt de longueurs hélas, surtout au début et à la fin... mais après la purge chabrolienne, on a presque l'impression de voir un film d'action ! d'autant que la belle Diane donne de sa personne même si le film suggère bien plus qu'il ne montre.

Finalement, l'histoire d'origine certainement intéressante n'a pas débouché sur quelque chose de satisfaisant : le remake est lent et manque de profondeur (même avec Diane...) et à part Diane justement, les comédiens sont à la masse ; a contrario les acteurs français étaient brillants (même Maurice ronet dans le rôle de l'amant !) mais noyés dans la réalisation laxative et l'ambiance de téléfilm de Chabrol.

A tout prendre, le remake Infidèle l'emporte certes haut la main mais n'en reste pas moins.. trop moyen pour convaincre.… Expand

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