The Other Man, based on a story by The Reader author Bernhard Schlink, has a starry cast including Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, and Antonio Banderas—and critics say they're wasted on this schlocky adultery story.
- It's "a muddled little dud of a melodrama," writes Stephen Holden in the New York Times. "Nap-inducing" at the start, it smacks viewers with a "whopping plot gimmick" that fails to convince.