SunnyHello
Nice effects though.
Merolliv
I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.
StyleSk8r
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
gladblade
Unfaithful is a movie driven by mystery and rogue of a housewife and a mother Coonie Sumner that encounters a young man who tends to become her secret lover, the movie's title brings the plot's ideology like a charm of what to be expected.The plot's ideology reveals what a small mistake might snowball into but despite of what is moral; the implicit ideology carries its own set of value of a lonely house wife's that wishes to know how it feels to be romantically loved and pleasured. Coonie's husband is a workaholic that tries so hard to give her attention (when he has the time) but his attempts are poor and uncharming, so Coonie turns to the Unfaithful side and gets what she was craving for but at a very high price. reviewed by KGB 2
tbills2
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.
LeonLouisRicci
Affairs of the "Heart", or more Precisely the Libido have a way of Biting You in the Ass. Like a Friend of Diane Lane's "Connie' says at Lunch, "Affairs never end well, there always a disaster".This is the Kind of Stuff (Smoldering, Sexy, Artsy, and Suspenseful) that Director Adrian Lyne is known. Comparisons to "Fatal Attraction" (1992) and "9 1/2 Weeks" (1986) are Expected.But "Unfaithful" stands on its own because, well because this Type of Thing Taps into a "Basic Instinct" that is One of the "Seven Deadly Sins" (Lust). It's part of the Human Condition and We're Hard Wired with it, Like it or Not, so Everyone can Relate in One Form or Another.The Director's Flourishes Help make this a "Pleasant" Watch with the Camera Making Love to the Images. Richard Gere and the rest of the Cast all Contribute to the Downbeat Tone. The Ending is Ambiguous and that's OK, often times Life is Ambiguous. Should more than Please its Target Audience. Some Sexy Stuff is in Full View, so Prudes and the Easily Embarrassed might want to Pass. But for those Willing to take the Ride, the Movie is as Well Crafted and Good Looking as Diane Lane's Performance and Down Home Beauty.
Terry Meehan
Java Man Reviews "Unfaithful" (rated R) Directed by Adrian Lyne Written by Alvin Sargent & William Broyles Jr., based on a script by Claude Chabrol Starring Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Olivier Martinez & Erik Per Sullivan Running Time: 123 minutes Originally published in LakewoodBuzz.Com, July, 2002 OVERVIEW Connie Sumner (Lane) lives in the cushy comfort of Westchester County with her attentive but preoccupied husband Edward (Gere) and their cute 9-year-old son Charlie (Sullivan). One day while shopping in New York City, she gets caught in a severe windstorm and is unable to hail a taxi. When she falls and cuts her knee, Paul, a young bookseller with an excess of European charm, comes to her rescue. She soon finds herself in his apartment, getting tea and sympathy—and just a little too excited. Later, she returns to the danger and excitement of the city, revisits Paul's apartment and begins a fiery affair. Edward eventually suspects that Connie has wandered and hires a seedy Shamus to investigate. When the private eye produces proof, a series of events are set in motion that are unpredictable yet inevitable.REVIEW: 3 Java mugs out of 4We know what is going to happen; the title gives that away. What we don't know is why. Why would a happily married woman become unfaithful? Her husband is seemingly not to blame, and there isn't anything especially impulsive in her personality. So, we ask, why? The answer is, it just happens. And, like voyeurs, we watch it happen.This film is based on "La Femme Infidele" (1969) by New Waver Claude Chabrol, and the French connection is evident. A typical Hollywood film would provide justifications and explanations for her infidelity, but this film simply shows a woman who knows that what she's doing is wrong but does it anyway. The events that result from her actions aren't easily resolved and the filmmakers do not tack on a pat Hollywood ending.As for performances, Gere is understated but effective as the hurting husband and Martinez is believable as the charming young book dealer, but the film belongs to Lane, whose remarkably complex performance should be remembered at Oscar time. If we learn anything about the mystery of infidelity, it's through her performance. But thankfully, some exciting mysteries--like a windstorm, the streets of New York or an affair--are left unsolved.Director Lyne, best known for Fatal Attraction, another, far less subtle film about adultery, has taken a more thoughtful screenplay and fashioned a sexy, suspenseful drama for an adult audience.
