Synopsis
Connie is a wife and mother whose 11-year marriage to Edward has lost its sexual spark. When Connie literally runs into handsome book collector Paul, he sweeps her into an all-consuming affair. But Edward soon becomes suspicious and decides to confront the other man.
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Cast
- Richard GereEdward Sumner
- Diane LaneConnie Sumner
- Olivier MartinezPaul Martel
- Erik Per SullivanCharlie Sumner
- Zeljko IvanekDetective Dean
- Dominic ChianeseFrank Wilson
- Kate BurtonTracy
- Chad LoweBill Stone
- Gary BasarabaDetective Mirojnick
- Myra Lucretia TaylorGloria
Recommendations
- 100
San Francisco Chronicle
It's that rare kind of movie that comes along only a handful of times each year -- gut-level entertainment that's oddly profound. - 88
New York Daily News
The movie doesn't stoop to cheap psychoanalysis and must be commended for a bravely ambiguous ending. But most of the credit goes to Lane, who is simply extraordinary as a woman whose body is at war with her conscience. - 78
Austin Chronicle
Lyne's excesses are usually the kind of thing I love to hate, but Unfaithful found me pretty much following along in step with his rhythms and dramatic choices. - 75
Baltimore Sun
American movies are generally so skittish about sexuality that Adrian Lyne's appetite --and aptitude -- for exploring it in Unfaithful is a relief. - 70
L.A. Weekly
The irony is, it's his vulgarity, this mixture of the gaudy and the glossy, that distinguishes Lyne, that makes his work identifiable and, when the story's right, such a guilty pleasure. - 70
The New York Times
Ms. Lane has the role of her career in Connie, and her indelible (and ultimately sympathetic) performance is both archetypal and minutely detailed. - 70
Film Threat
Not bad for a mainstream suspensefest. Gere's good, Lane, as I said, is amazing in places and Lyne does some of his most assured work in years. - 50
Boston Globe
Despite the Gallic source material, what we truly have in Unfaithful is a tasteful, adult-contemporary ''Fatal Attraction'' redux, right down to the mister's Soho address and the happy family tucked away in the New York hinterlands.
