Der Andere (2008)

Der Andere: Directed by Richard Eyre. With Laura Linney, Antonio Banderas, Liam Neeson, Romola Garai. The story of a husband who suspects his wife of adultery, and sets out to track down the other man in her life.

“Looking at the cast of u0026quot;The Other Manu0026quot; you could consider in buying this film: Liam Nesson, Antonio Banderas, Laura Linney and Romola Garai. The movie delivers? Yes. All that much? No. And if you consider that this was directed by Richard Eyre who directed great ensemble casts in u0026quot;Irisu0026quot; and u0026quot;Notes on a Scandalu0026quot; there are things that makes of u0026quot;The Other Manu0026quot; an inferior film than this two examples.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNeeson plays Peter, a man married with a beautiful wife (Linney), that discover that she hides from him a long affair with Ralph (pronunced Rafe, played by Banderas). What Peter does? Tracks down this man in Italy and tries to see who he really is and what his wife saw in that men. His first idea is to kill this guy but heu0026#39;s always reluctant, so he keeps on playing games with his guy who seems to love Peteru0026#39;s wife very much.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe whole drama pretending to be a thriller goes well, it makes the story interesting until the ending which is quite disappointing and a little bit unexpected. But if you think I can buy the idea that these two guys reveal part of their lives to each other during chess games matches, well I did not buy it. And if they were drunk maybe but that was not the case. Two unknown figures sharing their romantic passages of their lives (with the same woman) is something unbelievable (or perhaps itu0026#39;s just me who likes to play the mysterious guy in front of other people so itu0026#39;s very difficult to make me really share something of this kind of nature). This scenes were great, interesting dialog, except for some angered reaction of Neeson throwing the pieces away after losing a match.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s a very psychological work about how one can deal with adultery, different reactions might come from the audience, itu0026#39;s very interesting the way Peter does that, changing his persona all the way through this chase after his wifeu0026#39;s lover. Itu0026#39;s a great material for passionate people who canu0026#39;t forget a betrayal and feel a need to do something about it. This film will make that kind of people think again just like Peter changed his mind in the course of the story. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe acting is decent, the cast is at their best considering the material they were giving. More complexity, more realism and more thrilling moments instead of some bits here and there would make this film better. 7/10”