anishUnfaithful
September 30th 2011 08:42
Oscar winner Diane Lane and Richard Gere team up to deliver Unfaithful, a fine drama which deals with the allure of risque felt by some respectable and otherwise sensible women which may easily lead to infidelity and disruption of the harmony of her family.
Story of Unfaithful
When Connie Summer (Diane Lane) is approached by a gorgeous young foreigner Paul Martel (Olivier Martinez) she knows that she should simply refuse him and move on with her life--her job, her son, her caring husband and her comfortable affluence, and yet every fiber of her being is so desperate to re-explore the passionate love making that she can no longer enjoy with her husband that against all logic and common sense she starts indulging herself in a cat and mouse game of deceit.
Even though Connie knows deep down that such an affair cannot continue forever and must almost invariably end in exposure and possible humiliation what she doesn't know is that her apparently docile husband has hired a detective and is always one stop ahead of her, and she has absolutely no idea how fiercely he loves her.
Review of Unfaithful
First of all Unfaithful is an out and out drama (though quite fast paced) but is definitely not a femme fatale movie or a film noir.
Richard Gere delivers one of his finest performances in Unfaithful and I honestly believe he is a far better actor as an older man than as an youth. But he is easily surpassed by Diane Lanes's Oscar winning portrayal of an adulteress who (for a change) is not a femme fatale or has some other scheme in her mind.
The story is fraught with tension and the dialog is occasionally absolutely brilliant as are some of the scenes (and I am not talking about the steamy ones). In fact, the very last scene in the movie is perhaps one of the most touching and amazing scenes ever filmed and a fittingly ambiguous and subtle ending to a great movie
Story of Unfaithful
Even though Connie knows deep down that such an affair cannot continue forever and must almost invariably end in exposure and possible humiliation what she doesn't know is that her apparently docile husband has hired a detective and is always one stop ahead of her, and she has absolutely no idea how fiercely he loves her.
Review of Unfaithful
First of all Unfaithful is an out and out drama (though quite fast paced) but is definitely not a femme fatale movie or a film noir.
Richard Gere delivers one of his finest performances in Unfaithful and I honestly believe he is a far better actor as an older man than as an youth. But he is easily surpassed by Diane Lanes's Oscar winning portrayal of an adulteress who (for a change) is not a femme fatale or has some other scheme in her mind.
The story is fraught with tension and the dialog is occasionally absolutely brilliant as are some of the scenes (and I am not talking about the steamy ones). In fact, the very last scene in the movie is perhaps one of the most touching and amazing scenes ever filmed and a fittingly ambiguous and subtle ending to a great movie
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