As the pathetic, decent lothario, Banderas lacks sexual threat just as the script's various miscommunications lack Pinter menace. Neeson is too rough-hewn for the conflicted cuckold.

"The film is filled with good-on-paper moments that build up and slowly tighten like a knot but usually end in a whimper." - Adam Keleman

Bad Movie

Godawful. A talented cast wasted on a story which I'm sure at some point made sense to someone, but the bizarre direction entirely loses the plot. A boring twist fills in the gaps in the story, but before it comes it's too confusing to enjoy - it feels like half an hour of the movie got missed out somewhere.

Extra points for the refreshing storyline. Good to see Banderas in a different role, though didnt think he and Linney made for a compatible pair.

If you want to see a really good movie about husband, wife and lover, try Valeriy Todorovskiy's Lyubovnik / The Lover (2002). That is something worth to see. In the Other Man only Banderas and his character has something extra to add into otherwise dull, godawful and empty storytelling.

this is such a shame, started off 'okish' and then the ending was terrible, such a let down for an Allstar cast especially Neeson......

The screenplay is frustratingly bad and people who are bothered by plot points that don't make sense should stay far away from this but somehow this movie was able to rope in 4 great actors to play the leading roles and all of them do admirably with what they have to work with.