Nice effects though.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

It all began on a windy day, happening in only a moment's time, the decision to cheat, and lie, resulting in sorrow, ending in death.Unfaithful is softspokenly Diane Lane's best most beautiful film. It's silly to think I don't love her, Diane that is. Diane is so ultra sexy, and one of the most beautiful women of her time, this time that is. She's so f'ing hot in this. I love her nude scenes and her body is really spectacular. On my life, the stairwell sex scene with Diane in white panties is heaven-sent. Richard Gere is excellent.Unfaithful is a beautiful, moody movie that treats sex like sex and betrayal with no remorse. It's so great, I want to watch it again, and again, and again.

From the tag-line, I expected this movie to be about a secret, lusty affair and a jealous, raging husband who takes things too far. The secret, lusty affair part is right, but, it wasn't exactly what I was expecting in terms of storyline. Which isn't' to say the story itself is bad, it's not, but the execution of it was hard to take seriously at times.First off, usually with these adultery movies, we at least understand why the adulterer wants to cheat. I found that the exposition into Connie's life was not adequate enough for me to feel sorry for, or at the least understand her. She lives in a quiet suburb, she has been "happily" married for 11 years, she has an 8 year old son, who is cute, but somewhat annoying, as boys that age can be, her house is in a state of disarray because of this, and she seems to spend her days... doing... not much. She goes into town one day (wearing heels and a tight fitting dress... to shop for "auction items?") and randomly falls into a *gasp* sexy French man. She scrapes her knee in the tumble and the sexy French man invites her in to clean up. Cue sexual tension. Turns out, the French man makes his living as a bookseller and offers to give her a book of poetry about getting "drunk off Life", and inside the book he has snuck his phone # in it, for her to discover while she opens the book one day at home. Of course, being the foolish woman she is, she decides to call him, and things escalate from there...Now I won't reveal any more details, but at times it is just hard to take Diane Lane's character seriously. I won't disagree that her acting is amazing, but just the way the character is written and her actions is just extremely frustrating. At times, she is a guilty housewife, a lustful adulterer, and a terrible liar. The only character who I truly feel for and believe is fully developed and genuine is the husband, who displays an honest and believable reaction to finding out about the affair (let's face it, obviously he will find out, who are we kidding)...But, honestly, this movie had the potential for a higher rating from me... it just needed better execution overall.

Unfaithful!So, as far the storyline goes, it's known to most, and yet, worth a quick recap for the interest of some. A wife, apparently well settled into an eleven years old marriage with a eight year old living proof for a boy-kid, busy and lonely perhaps just as most at her age and standing would be, steps into that infamous pit that society calls adultery. She bumps into this stranger one fine stormy afternoon, joins him for coffee, and thereafter for sex the next day and every other days thereon. Husband starts with getting an inkling, investigates, finds out, and then, confronts. No, not with the woman but with the lover. The confrontation that starts so well that it could even dig into the profound "why" and take the issue (no, not problem! Issue.) by it's horn, however, unfortunately, rather, turns into a murder scene as the husband loses control over what he was meant to do and hits the guy on the head with a gift that he gave her and then she gave him in turn. The rest of the movie becomes a matter of eventual mutual knowledge, that they know that they know, and of course, police. It ends with a note where a peaceful kid sleeps in the car backseat while the couple, musing over how their rest of life could be a beautiful escapade, both term as important, pulls up their car outside the police station and kisses passionately as the traffic signal goes from red to green to yellow, back to red.Poetic? Maybe. Unresolved? Yes.But, question remains. What about that bull that we did not take by the horn? Really, what about that?Why did it happen? Why does it happen, that way?Just the feeling of feeling special, that? That thing of being treated like not just a wife but a woman? Being told she's beautiful? Being awaited, being looked forward to, being seen off, being missed? Being treated like she exists? Being taken interest in? Oh yes, perhaps!Or perhaps, more. Perhaps, knowing that life holds more treasure than what 'they' hand out to you if you don't ask. Perhaps!No, viewer. You don't have to wrap it up with a certificate, good or bad. Neither do you have to play safe to just say, yeah perhaps.. but no, not safe! Not judgment, not wisdom. Not the trap of security; not the courage to break free, either.Just, accept. Accept that it happened. Accept that it happens.It's a mistake! - What's a mistake? Either you do things, or you don't.PS: And hence, bear with me – A poem! - Mistakes, memories!

I thought Diane Lane looked absolutely sexy at playing as a middle aged mum. The sex scene's were really beautiful and romantic like I say anyone could agree with me on this? Also Olivier Martinez looked very handsome too, I say a lot of young girls back in 2002 definitely wanted him badly after watching this film cause I suppose he was good looking then haha! This is only my guess now, I'm not really into him. I actually was really sad that his character got killed and they didn't put Richard Gere's character into jail in the end. That was kinda disappointing for me since this is a 2 hour film at the end of the day! That's why I wouldn't give this an Oscar. They should instead just have a few nominations and then, it would make this totally reasonable! The actors were good but I wouldn't go mental with the storyline to be honest....