This movie is certainly worth watching from Netflix instant-play if you are bored. I think it has a lot of praiseworthy qualities too. The chronology is perfect--there's a reason why for most of the movie you are wonder where Laura Linney disappeared to. Since one of the things I think makes a great movie is character development, I was pleased with the changes Liam Nieson's character experienced: from irrational revenge to humble repentant conciliation with his wife's seducer. A curious line at the end of movie by Liam Nieson, "she certainly knew us well,' or something like that, goes to show the thoughtful organization of this movie: did Linney know that her husband's anger would convert to the passion for her memory, regardless of whose memories they were? that he could surmount his instinctual possessiveness of his former wife? Especially important here is the character comparison between Nieson and Banderas: one an organized new-money manager friends with Bill Gates, and the other a experience-seeking working man who likes non-committal romance. Both like a good chess game though.
Review of The Other Man
