Unfaithful [Region 2] |  | Director: Adrian Lyne
Actors: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Olivier Martinez, Erik Per Sullivan, Myra Lucretia Taylor
Category: DVD
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Rating:  294 reviews
Sales Rank: 297299
Format: PAL
Languages: Norwegian (Subtitled), Hebrew (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Icelandic (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Czech (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), Croatian (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 124 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5039036011778
ASIN: B00008OP5U
Theatrical Release Date: May 10, 2002
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If you ever need dramatic proof that adultery is inevitably destructive, look no further than Adrian Lyne's Unfaithful. Drawing inspiration from Claude Chabrol's 1969 film La Femme Infidèle, the director of Fatal Attraction is mining similar territory here, but this grownup thriller is more intimate than Lyne's dead-bunny potboiler, probing more deeply into the rush of conflicting emotions provoked by infidelity. In what many critics praised as the role of her career, Diane Lane plays the instigator of emotional turmoil, a seemingly happy housewife and fundraiser who cheats on her devoted husband (Richard Gere, in a welcomed change of pace) when she casually encounters a seductive Frenchman (cliché alert!) played by Olivier Martinez. Allowing his actors to speak volumes without words, Lyne emphasizes silent tension over explicit thrills, creating a sexually charged thriller that remains riveting even as it turns partially predictable. "Someone always gets hurt," says one character in a pivotal scene, and Unfaithful fulfills that prophesy in a timeless tale of passion. --Jeff Shannon
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Although... December 30, 2009
philrob (New Zealand)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
... I'm not an Arab-lover (especially the fanatic ones), but I have to say they get one of the most wonderful sayings ever : " Beat your wife every morning: if you don't know why, she does".
My grandfather used to say "it's much easier to keep one's mouth open than one's arm stretched, so only the one really making some effort should get some reward". Tristan Bernard wrote "A woman is not in a right state 5 days before, 5 days during, and 5 days after, so, what can you expect from someone who is in some abnormal state half of the time".
Anyone vouching for those female beings should be committed, or even better, used as compost..... I wouldn't say that infidelity is a feminine exclusive, but, according to my grandfather, women have it much more easier
I would have put 'Five' if the s...t would have been executed too....
 Unfaithful is unbelievably evocative September 24, 2009
Rosie (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Unfaithful is a film that stirs your senses, from the initial temptation to the bittersweet ending.
There are many films dealing with a man's infidelity to his wife (Lyn's Fatal Attraction, for one), but this movie takes the other perspective. It tells the story of a seemingly happily married woman's affair with a handsome stranger, and how such a chance encounter can turn everyone's life upside down.
There's a lot to intrigue the viewer in this movie--from the way the clandestine affair is revealed to the sordid aftermath.
Diane Lane is amazing as always, and Richard Gere's performance will floor you. If you don't feel his character's pain, especially in the pivotal scene, you must not have a pulse.
What's also amazing about this movie (kudos to director Lyne) is how fleshed-out the characters are. Whereas in many films of this genre the viewer knows just whom to blame, whom to call the villain, whom to call the victim, this one, on the other hand, portrays each character with depth and empathy, blurring the lines between good and evil, accident and purposefulness, right and wrong.
This film is also beautifully filmed--a lot of sepia tones (maybe a statement as to the haziness of good and bad as portrayed in the film)--and the music by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek is haunting and lovely at the same time. Perfect is what it is.
A definite 5-star film.
 Good service August 15, 2009
Rebecca L. Flynn
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Good service, but it was pretty slow in getting to me. It was a birthday present, and I ordered it before the date needed, and I didn't receive it until about a month after the date needed.
Choices -- actions -- consequences August 2, 2009
Randall Nowan (South Florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When it comes to adult-themed moralistic storytelling, Adrian Lyne is the master. He strips out the schlockiness of Fatal Attraction and provides us with a morality tale of what adultery does to the betrayer, betrayed and the lover. Yes, as Amazon points out, the movie does turn partially predictable, but that doesn't detract from its power. The theme of adultery and its consequences is timeless. C.f. 2 Sam. 11:2-17.
I was curious to see what my reactions and impressions would be watching this film after finding out about my wife's affair, having seen it once before the affair, and a second time just recently. It rings as true now as it did before my wife's infidelity, but has become even more poignant and at times difficult to bear. But who said movies were only supposed to make you feel good?
"There are no mistakes. There's what you do, and what you don't do" Oliver Martinez' Paul Martel says at one point. Mr. Lyne does his best to show that Paul's carefree, existential, valueless philosophy is wrong. Mr. Lyne succeeds. Mistakes exist, as do the consequences for them.
great movie April 21, 2009
mb washington
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was going to order this from Amazon but found it at Wal-mart for five bucks. What luck! But hey, this is really a good movie and worth the watch.
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