2002 Directed by Adrian Lyne
Connie is a wife and mother whose 11-year marriage to Edward has lost its sexual spark. When Connie literally runs into handsome book collector Paul, he sweeps her into an all-consuming affair. But Edward soon becomes suspicious and decides to confront the other man.
Unfaithful Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG Fox 2000 Pictures Regency Enterprises Epsilon Motion Pictures
Under the lens of the auteur theory, it’s purely – thematically and aesthetically – an Adrian Lyne film; from the soapy production, to the story centered on sexually liberating behavior and the way this can threaten the American nuclear family.
If Fatal Attraction had ended with its alternate ending, then it – along with 9½ Weeks - would sit with Unfaithful as some kind of unofficial Lyne trilogy that dwell on very similar ideas within the blurred lines of erotic thriller conventions.
The reason Unfaithful comes out as the best of the three is the sincerity – and being Lyne’s (as of today) latest release, it exists as the first film in his oeuvre that actually embraces the Lyne style…
Scavenger Hunt #53 || August 2019
Task 15) Watch a film about an affair.
Late 90s/early 00s, erotic thrillers are one of my favourite things - but this was just way toooo much.
First of all, I'm a big fan of Diane Lane and sure she's got a rockin' bod BUT SERIOUSLY? the majority of this film is literally just close ups of her butt naked.
Secondly, why does Richard Gere look like such a creepy, middle aged, History teacher? ..
Lastly, the final 30 minutes of this film are actually pretty decent. It's just a shame that it took a whole 90 minutes to get juicy.
BLAH - over it.
Director Adrian Lyne has that habit of being able to scare the living shit out of us men with his insight into the workings of relationships. Never one to miss the chance to fully explore the nature of fidelity, monogamy, or simple lust, Lane has flirted with the subject in almost every film he's ever done. From Fatal Attraction's iconic bunny boiler to the icebox raiding of 9 1/2 Weeks, he displays our flaws, insecurities, and desires with often uncompromising honesty. Given that two of every three marriages nowadays ends in divorce, it's hardly surprising that adultery is a common theme in movies both past and present. Unfaithful may be possibly the lesser known of his works when compared alongside…
I would also cheat on my husband and try to spend as much time away from my family as possible if Dewey from Malcolm in the Middle was my child.
“No one will know.”
“We’ll know.”
review coming soon. this hit me way too hard. made a stronger impact than any movie i’ve seen in months. not since Maquia have i been this moved, this touched, this blessed by the film spirits.
Argumento de peli alemana de Antena 3 pero mejor hecha y con mejores actuaciones
UNFAITHFUL (18)
D: Adrian Lyne
20th Century Fox/Fox 2000/Regency (Adrian Lyne & G. Mac Brown)
US 2002
124 mins
Drama
W: Alvin Sargent & William Broyles, Jr. [based on the screenplay "La Femme Infidéle" by Claude Chabrol]
DP: Peter Biziou
Ed: Anne V. Coates
Mus: Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
Richard Gere (Edward Sumner), Diane Lane (Connie Summer), Olivier Martinez (Paul Martel), Erik Per Sullivan (Charlie Sumner), Zeljko Ivanek (Detective Dean), Dominic Chianese (Frank Wilson)
Unfaithful is a rather ordinary remake which features one excellent performance.
Based on La Femme Infidéle (The Unfaithful Wife), a French film by Claude Chabrol, this American update stars Diane Lane as the adulterous suburban housewife that the title alludes to, risking her marriage to a bookish businessman when she embarks upon a sexual affair with a visiting Frenchman.
Though Adrian Lyne directs with a good sense of style, the characters all seem underwritten here, with only Diane Lane acting above par. Effective enough, but rather unmemorable.
6/10
Didn't expect it but it was very good, I saw this on amazon prime video and I had a fun time with it.
Can’t decide if this erotic thriller is good or bad, but Diane Lane and Richard Gere give solid performances, and the film is murderously entertaining.
peak erotic thriller with a dash of tenderness (Richard Gere playing piano with his son at the end broke me x)
This review is based on the one and only time I’ve seen this film, It was on a Greyhound bus from Edmonton going to my home town (2005) all I remember is a snow globe, large Carpet and a shitty wife. Richard Gere real hero (2002)
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