Unfaithful: Critic Reviews

A movie about sexuality that really throbs with eroticism.

The movie is called Unfaithful, but it's actually extremely faithful -- to the adultery movie rulebook, anyway.

Not for kids, but some adults will like it.

Works precisely because it is so upsetting, unusually so for a studio film, and so empathetic for Connie at the hands of her attractive manipulator. [Blu-ray]

Unfaithful is not so much about the conventions of a typical bored housewife falls for exotic foreigner with disastrous results story, but in fact plumbs the depths of what really constitutes intimacy, and how complacency, rather than the melodramatic ups

[Diane Lane] is more than enough reason to see Unfaithful.

The outstanding performances help smooth over the plot devices.

Devolves...from bland diversion into some truly unsettling sexual politics, and tumbles from that already low plateau into an ersatz In the Bedroom.

'Lo que vale el precio es la estupenda actuacion de Diane Lane, quien encarna a la perfeccion el prototipo de mujer moderna con una solida interpretacion'

We are supposed to like all the characters, and yet in some way, we can't like any of them.

Diane Lane is sexy as hell in this somewhat misguided tale of marital infidelity.

Would play better as a study of the human predisposition toward infidelity were its characters not so illogically single-minded and its atmosphere not so cheap-romance-novel trashy.

Diane Lane is the best part of an otherwise unimpressive movie.

Not much to complain about here. Except that Hollywood doesn't come up more often with surprises this pleasant.

No, you are not more surprised than I am at my rating. Diane Lane delivers Oscar worthy stuff in a tightly made film.

As a dramatic, erotic, romantic, existential (or not) thriller, Unfaithful almost but not quite succeeds.

Exceptionally well acted by Diane Lane and Richard Gere.

Infidelity drama is nicely shot, well-edited ... and features a standout performance by Diane Lane.

Annoys with predictability for the first two-thirds, and unintentionally amuses with silliness for the last 30 minutes.

[Lane] cooly hijacks the movie.

Quiet, adult and just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year... a true study, a film with a questioning heart and mind that isn't afraid to admit it doesn't have all the answers.

The bravest thing in Lyne's telling is its acknowledgment that sexual passion is often beyond the grasp of rationality.

With her earthy prettiness and WASPish demeanor, Lane effortlessly shifts between soccer mom and sexpot depending on the situation.

Not only does Diane Lane look sensational, she also finds the perfect qualities to play the guilty wife.

We end up hot but not bothered. It's the bothered part that good films examine.