The Other Woman (2014)
Directed by Nick Cassavetes
Written by Melissa Stack
Starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Upton, Leslie Mann, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Release Date April 25th, 2014
Published January 2nd, 2024
Cameron Diaz is back in theaters this weekend with "The Other Woman," a comedy that casts her as the the unknowing mistress of Nikolaj Coster Waldau who falls into an unlikely friendship with with his wife played by Leslie Mann and his other mistress played by supermodel Kate Upton. "The Other Woman" doesn't look like much from its trailer but the movie is quite good featuring a strong central performance from Diaz and a scene-stealing comic performance from Leslie Mann who's best known for her work in husband Judd Apatow's comedies.
Leslie Mann, Cameron Diaz, and Kate Upton, have one thing in common, Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster Waldau, in the movie, The Other Woman. All three are the 'other woman' in their relationship with Waldau. Leslie Mann plays the wife, Cameron Diaz is mistress number one, and Kate Upton is the youngest and hottest of the the trio of woman whose lives revolve around this one narcissistic man fooling around on all of them.
Once our trio of hero ladies come together, The Other Woman takes on a comic revenge plot as the trio takes revenge on Waldau's ladies man. It's a lot more fun than that description sounds. Leslie Mann, for one is having a ball as the wronged wife who meets and bonds with her husband's mistresses. In a rare leading role, outside of the work of her comic legend husband, Mann is a treat in The Other Woman, throwing herself headlong into physical comedy and into this comic revenge plot.
Cameron Diaz is in the role of the straight man. Diaz reacts to Mann's craziness and Upton's hotness all while grounding the movie in a recognizable reality. It's certainly farfetched that any man could be with three woman as attractive as Mann, Diaz, and Upton in a single lifetime, but Diaz manages to make this unbelievable scenario work. She's such a pro and, when called upon, she can be just as funny as Mann and hotter than even Upton, once named the sexiest woman on the planet.
The Other Woman is much sharper than the plot would indicate. This trio of female stars has such incredible chemistry that it doesn't matter how seemingly impossible it would be for one man to have bedded down with these three women in one lifetime. Nick Cassavetes' direction is breezy and the tone always remains fun and funny. The jokes are good and Leslie Mann earns some of the biggest laughs of her career in a career best performance.
