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About the movie
Year
2004
Runtime
1 h 41 min
Genres
Drama, Romance
Countries
United States, Canada
Director
Writers
Plotline
An indiscretion between two close friends tears down their respective marriages.
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Main cast
Mark Ruffalo
Jack Linden
Laura Dern
Terry Linden
Peter Krause
Hank Evans
Naomi Watts
Edith Evans
Sam Charles
Sean Linden
Haili Page
Natasha Linden
Jennifer Bishop
Sharon Evans
Jennifer Mawhinney
Audrey
Amber Rothwell
Lauren
Meg Roe
Lollipop Girl
Jim Francis
Joe Ritchie
Marc Baur
Plumber
Patrick Earley
Jim
External critics' reviews
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
The film is at times harrowing to watch, yet it's also wry and delicate and absorbing. It's infused with the messy excitement of imperfect passion. more
L.A. Weekly F. X. Feeney
It is worthy of comparison to the lifelike, character-rich films we cherish from that era (1970s), and is certainly one of the finest films to come out this year. more
Village Voice J. Hoberman
Naomi Watts is a tremendous movie actress. She need only sidle on camera and glance over the terrain to claim the scene. What's her secret? Like the great Isabelle Huppert, Watts doesn't radiate feelings so much as she absorbs them. more
The New Yorker David Denby
Easily the best American movie so far this year. more
USA Today Claudia Puig
A revelation. One rarely sees American-made movies that are so unafraid to explore emotional cruelty and portray the consequences without positing easy answers or attaching happy endings. more
The Hollywood Reporter Duane Byrge
Director John Curran has masterfully managed to convey flesh and blood within the permutations of the sometimes clinical story. Enhancing the people-next-door nature of this saga were the film's smart technical contributions. more
New York Magazine Peter Rainer
A sense of unease, of incompleteness, is, I think, the appropriate response to this movie. Instead of trying to fill in the blanks, Curran and Gross leave things open and ambiguous. Just like life. more
The New York Times Dana Stevens
Compassionate though it is, this is not a movie that offers much in the way of solace. It insists that there is no end to human weakness, and not much cure for it either. That's pretty strong stuff. more
Wall Street Journal Jim Fusilli
Set ablaze by a startling performance by Laura Dern, it's a stark, often disturbing look at the ramifications of betrayal.
Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
The movie may leave its audience feeling a little battered (some might say betrayed) as well. Still, the film's honesty, along with its refusal to pander to Hollywood happy endings, is well worth the beating. more
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