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Movie Overview
Cast
• Diane Lane
• Richard Gere
• Olivier Martinez
Director
• Adrian Lyne
MPAA Rating
R - sexuality, language, and a scene of violence
Unfaithful (2002)

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OFCS Rating: 45% Rotten
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"Se trata de esas cintas que mucho verán se diga lo que se diga, pero permítanme declarar que no hay mucho que esta cinta aporte como para recomendarla."  Cinenganos  Alex Ramirez

"You have once again entered the bizarre realm where director Adrian Lyne holds sway, where all relationships are simultaneously broadly metaphorical, oddly abstract, and excruciatingly literal."  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

1.5/4
"Watching Unfaithful feels like having sandpaper rubbed in your face."  Cinemaphile.org  David Keyes

B-
"Diane Lane, who in real-life is married to a Frenchman, gives an ecstatic performance, as her features glow with passion during sex."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

3/4
"Takes an unflinching, emotionally rattling look at the recklessness of infidelity."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

3/4
"Softcore porn poet Adrian Lyne knows good sex."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

C+
"'Unfaithful' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory. Too bad."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

2/4
"We’ve seen this story more times than Connie screws Paul and...is the equivalent of watching the Lifetime channel on the Champs d'Elyses."  eFilmCritic.com  Erik Childress

B+
"The movie doesn't give us a reason, but it doesn't lecture either; it understands, and so do we."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

D
"Slick, steamy smut served up in a series of scenes framed like Rembrandt paintings, with a soupcon of phony meaningfulness on the side."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

" Vividly conveys the false allure and the horrifying calamity of extramarital affairs."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

2.5/4
"After the plot's big turning point, the movie loses its focus and can't decide whether it wants to be a melodrama or a crime thriller."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

3.5/4
"offers a rare opportunity (in movies, at any rate) to explore a woman's sexuality and the tear she feels between devotion to her family and her need to feel sensual"  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

3/5
"Infidelity drama is nicely shot, well-edited ... and features a standout performance by Diane Lane."  Netflix  James Rocchi

4/10
"Would play better as a study of the human predisposition toward infidelity were its characters not so illogically single-minded and its atmosphere not so cheap-romance-novel trashy."  Window to the Movies  Jeffrey Chen

4.5/10
"Unfaithful isn't the thriller it's advertised to be and isn't a good and/or original enough drama to compensate for that."  Screen It!  Jim Judy

7/10
"But the real linchpin of this film is the extremely underrated and very lovely actress, Diane Lane."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

6/10
"As a dramatic, erotic, romantic, existential (or not) thriller, Unfaithful almost but not quite succeeds."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

"What Lyne has done is turn a once-gripping thriller into a morality tale that wallows in its own excess."  Light Views  John Larsen

7/10
"You can practically feel the heat."  Planet Sick-Boy  Jon Popick

2.5/4
"'Lo que vale el precio es la estupenda actuación de Diane Lane, quien encarna a la perfección el prototipo de mujer moderna con una sólida interpretación'"  Moviola  Jorge Avila Andrade

4.5/5
"No, you are not more surprised than I am at my rating. Diane Lane delivers Oscar worthy stuff in a tightly made film."  Cinerina  Karina Montgomery

0.5/4
"... for all the mistakes this couple made, the story makes the viewer suffer more than the couple on screen."  MovieCrypt.com  Kevin A. Ranson

2/4
"The film drags and drags between forgettable sex and scenes of Richard Gere getting suspicious."  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

A-
"a stylish reflection on passion, guilt and marriage"  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

2.5/5
"This fundamentally cold (and very French) conceit is muffled in fuzzy layers of (very American) soul-baring."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

2.5/4
"Eventually gains the sense of warning that should accompany such a morality tale but for far too long indulges in cheap, unmotivated exploitation."  Mark Reviews Movies  Mark Dujsik

"I think Lyne was looking for a way to get a sophisticated babe like Lane as naked as possible. Sure, honey, it’s art."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

0/4
"At every turn, Lane's valiant efforts are thwarted by a patch of atrocious dialogue or a questionable directing decision."  Mr. Brown's Movies  Michael Dequina

2.5/4
"My advice: go for 80 minutes, then walk out."  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

4/5
"[Diane Lane] is more than enough reason to see Unfaithful."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

C+
"Exceptionally well acted by Diane Lane and Richard Gere."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

B
"Diane Lane gives one of her best performances to date..."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

2.5/4
"Makes a fetish of consensual rape and Frenchmen who like Jack London and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam (one part Gallic stud, one part wilderness grizzle, one part moony teen)."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

2/4
"Diane Lane is the best part of an otherwise unimpressive movie."  Oscar Guy  Wesley Lovell

8/10
Read review  Modamag.com  Brian Orndorf

7/10
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Dragan Antulov

2/5
Read review  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

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OFCS Rating: 45% Rotten
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