Instead
of watching The Other Woman watch the other movie, any, other, movie. The Other
Woman starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton, is an idiotic, uninspired oddball comedy. Director Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook), had the perfect recipe
for a comedy classic with two super funny, super talented players like Diaz and
Mann. But throw Upton into the mix, not to mention Nicki Minaj, along with a
badly written script, there was no hope for anything other than a flop. And a
flop it was.
I have no problem with Diaz or Mann, I love them both and Kate Upton is obviously enjoyable to look
at. While this dream team may look good on paper, every moment they were on
screen together was uncomfortable to watch. The chemistry between the three
women was forced and unnatural. Watching them together was like watching that
old, hairy man on the beach wearing nothing but a thong. AWKWARD!
Now
I don’t want to bash on Upton, but why
give her any lines? She's more of the “show don’t tell type." Here's a shocker; Upton's appearance managed to fulfill every annoying,
young, big boobed, hot blonde, cliché. Running slow-mo on the beach, come on really?
That’s so 1979 and totally belongs to
Bo Derek. Come to think of it, in Upton’s defence, her part in the movie, even though it was a
small one, was a welcome distraction from the Mann’s annoying behaviour. Mann’s
unfortunate character and ridiculous outbursts or as I like to call them, childlike
tantrums, quickly grew tiresome. Her inability to behave any older than a five
year old drove me to want to drink as much as the character did in the bar
confrontation scene. I, however, would NOT throw up in my purse, in a bar,
ever. It’s a bar, barf on the floor, they’re equipped for that.
Ok,
so comedies are not known for their deep intellectual story lines. My question
is, when did it become the “in thing” to use stupidity for a laugh? Seems more
and more movies embrace idiocracy for a laugh, umm hello Anchorman 2?! Immaturity
and stupidity have never been my thing in a comedy. Physical comedies, love
them. Real life situation comedies, definitely love them, since life is
stranger than fiction. Have you seen the remake of Neighbors? Seth Rogan and
Rose Byrne kill it as two very real, very funny, new parents. Neighbors uses
real life situations for real laughs, making it to me, an intelligent comedy.
It
makes me sad to say, the only redeeming quality about The Other Woman
was Cameron Diaz’s outfits, her killer legs and the smoking hot DB9 Volante Aston Martin (one of my favs). Maybe I’m just a little bitter that I didn’t get
the memo that being stupid is funny, I’ve never liked being left out.
Bottom
line, if you like hot chicks, hot cars and have a few drinks before or during
to help numb the pain of the movie I would recommend The Other Woman. But, if
you’re easily annoyed by over the top, obvious clichés and can’t stand
stupidity, than avoid this movie at all costs.
The
Other Woman requires liquor, heavy liquor and lots of it. To give the movie some
interest, I suggest every time Mann has one of her neurotic episodes, down a shot.
Won’t take long before you’ve had enough to help you forget that you ever saw
this movie. 
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| The Other Woman gets a great big sour pickle |
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