The Other Woman (2009)

The story of a woman dealing with her daughter's death while trying to keep her marriage and her relationship with her stepson.

Director:

Don Roos

Writers:

Don Roos (screenplay), Ayelet Waldman (novel)

Stars:

Natalie Portman, Scott Cohen, Lisa Kudrow

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Natalie Portman	...	Emilia
Scott Cohen	...	Jack
Lisa Kudrow	...	Carolyn
Charlie Tahan	...	William
Lauren Ambrose	...	Mindy
Michael Cristofer	...	Sheldon
Debra Monk	...	Laura
Mona Fastvold	...	Sonia (as Mona Lerche)
Anthony Rapp	...	Simon
Kendra Kassebaum	...	Sharlese
Elizabeth Marvel	...	Pia
Mary Joy	...	Marilyn
Maria Dizzia	...	Jaime Brennan
Ira Hawkins	...	Businessman
Laura Odeh	...	Waitress

Storyline

The story of a woman dealing with her daughter's death while trying to keep her marriage and her relationship with her stepson.

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Plot Keywords:

stepmother | manhattan new york city | based on novel | woman | united states of america | 

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Taglines:

Love makes everything possible.

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 October 2010 (Russia)

Also Known As:

17 Photos of Isabel

Filming Locations:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,224, 6 February 2011, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$20,585, 27 February 2011

Company Credits

Production Co:

Incentive Filmed Entertainment, Handsomecharlie Films, Is or Isn't Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Scott Cohen plays a character with the last name Wolfe. He also plays a character named Wolf and also acts like one in the mini tv show The 10th Kingdom.

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Goofs

When Emilia and William are at the diner and Emilia asks the woman with the baby at another table how old the baby is, the woman answers, "Seven weeks; December 26." So the scene takes place in mid-February. When Emilia and William are shown leaving the diner in the next scene, the street trees in the background have mature green leaves, typical of summer. Deciduous street trees in New York City have no leaves in mid-February.

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Connections

Featured in Maltin on Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

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Soundtracks

Sturm Von Kunststuffe
Written by Jay Weigel
Performed by Jay Weigel
Courtesy of Carondelet Music Group, LLC

User Reviews

A guilt for losing the own baby and being labelled as a bad step-mother.

It is also known as 'Love and Other Impossible Pursuits', which is the name of the book the film was adapted. According to me this is a very underrated film. Especially Natalie Portman was never seen before. This film was beautiful because of her. Might have been the same if any other actress who had played that role, but the thing is the character Emilia makes this story great. I would have given any top award the available around the globe for that incredible character display. It should have been recognised, sadly that did not happen because of the filthy film critics.

Feels good watching it. This might not be a biographical film, but surely this is happening around us. The writing was so impressive. How the character Emilia was portrayed is the film's highlight. It was a simple character, that does not mean the life has to be simple as well. She falls in love with a married man and later she get married to him to become a step-mother to his child. That's where the problem arises when her baby dies in her arm, everybody points her for not being cautious with her step-son. This is a big task and how she comes out of it was revealed with lots of small twists and turns in the tale.

Not just Natalie, but all the supporting cast was brilliant, including the husband, the kid and the ex. The story of loss, marriage, taking care a child and other struggles in life. Initially it did not look good with those affairs, but when it got past the half way mark, the rest of the film rebalanced the entire film. I liked how it ended. That final scene was very good. Even if you are an atheist, that end dialogues makes the major difference to favour the film. I haven't read the book, but seems the film was better than the book. Being a film fanatic and failing to recommending it to you would be a mistake. So I recommend it to particularly the grown-ups.

8/10