The Other Man (2008)

Director: Richard Eyre

Cast: Laura Linney as Lisa, Liam Neeson as Peter, Romola Garai as Abigail, Abigail Canton as Designer, Pam Ferris as Vera, Paterson Joseph as Ralph, Craig Parkinson as George, Lola Peploe as Eleanor, Sophie Wu as Shop Assistant, Richard Graham as Eric, Lisa McDonald as Receptionist, Emma Fielding as Gail, Paul Ritter as Guy, Amanda Drew as Joy, Guido Adorni as Waiter

Liam Neeson plays Peter, the husband of a famous shoe designer named
Lisa(Laura Linney). After some suspicions Peter realizes that his wife
hasn't been faithful and when he finds the address of Ralf(Antonio
Banderas), the man his wife cheated on him with, he travels to Italy to
confront him. When I saw the trailer for The Other Man, I immediately
thought the film had a great premise; a man finds out that his wife has
been cheating on him and then he tries to track down this man and
execute some kind of revenge. That is what you get from the trailer,
however, the trailer is incredibly misleading, the story doesn't pan
out like that. Not even close. But what really ruined this movie for
me, was the direction. Most of the scenes seemed glued together. You're
watching a scene and all of a sudden you're watching something
completely different and you're left wondering if you missed the last
10 minutes of the film. The reason why the film is like that, is
because the director introduced a twist near the end but, until that
moment, nothing makes sense, and when the reveal finally comes, it's a
terrible letdown. This premise and cast on someone's else hands could
have been something great. Unfortunately, all Richard Eyre's was able
to do, was a boring and poorly executed movie.

5/10