The Other Woman
What would you upon finding out your spouse was cheating on you? With what looks like a stripper?
Carly Whitten (Cameron Diaz) is a hardened, independent Manhatten attorney and an unsatisfied dater. That is, until she meets Mark King (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), a slick and extremely successful Internet entrepreneur. When things are going well, they decide to finally meet up with her father (Don Johnson)—think Hugh Hefner, but not as old. But when Mark ditches her last minute because of a ‘plumbing issue’, Carly is ready to give up on love, nonetheless her father convinces her to fight for it. Showing up at his Connecticut house scantily clad in a plumber’s shirt, she rings the doorbell only to find his wife staring back at her.
Kate King (Leslie Mann) stalks the Carly down, insists they become friends because they were both betrayed by the same man, and hatches a plan to ruin Mark and all everything he is work. Leslie Mann plays the at-home wife perfectly. She is somewhat of a needy, airhead and is continually babbling but between the empathy and the fact that she recognizes that she is annoying, she is endearing. And apparently Carly feels the same way because one way or another, despite their hugely obvious differences, (with a little push from her assistant—and scene-stealer—Nicki Minaj) they end up in cahoots to end Mark’s two-timing ways and become independent women all while taking shots and braiding each other’s hair to the clichéd “Girl’s just Wanna have fun”.
Just when it starts to get monotonous, director, Nick Cassavetes throws in a third woman, Amber, whom they quickly tell and make a part of their team, though what she really does to help the scheme no one knows. Amber is played by Kate Upton, the Sport’s Illustrated swimsuit model whose slow-motion Baywatch type introduction cheapens the movie and starts a spiral downward, to dare we say raunchy, and eventually maturity and thoughts about being an independent grown-up are stomped on by Mark’s huge temper tantrum that is fit for a two-year old.
Let’s give this film 6 stars out of 10, only because the hilarious random spurts of amusement, excellent wardrobes, and leading ladies.
