The Other Wife

If all you want is fast cars and guns then this is going to be above your head. There is lots of subtle intrigue and anticipation and the characters were like real people - not shallow props to some unconvincing graphic "cartoon".

In real life people do not always wear their emotions on there sleeve and little boys can be quite quiet except when they spill the beans!

I just had to keep watching it to find out what was going to happen next.

Yes it is a bit slow moving as it sets the scene but that makes it all the more convincing and you are left with so many questions.

I MUST see episode 2 to find out how it ends. I guess that makes it a pretty good movie!

This is a really bad movie, but it's so bad it's fun and good for doing "stuff".

There are the prerequisite spoiled children,of all ages. The young boy is the one that could have been seen less of and it would have been easier on us. There's nothing like a precocious child to drag down a movie.

This is a two parter and this review is based on the first part. I'll watch part two just to see how this plays out. But I think I know.

Sadly, as other reviewers have said, the acting is flat from everyone - even Rupert Evertts.

So, if you need to do the dishes or do some work on the computer, this is the very mini-series to do it to. You won't miss you and can easily catch upon what's happening in a New York second.

If you are looking for a deep intellectual, well-acted show - skip it.

I thoroughly enjoyed this soapy family drama. Nothing like Rosamunde would have written, but still it is domestic and romantic. Two wives of the same man, both nice women, betrayed by John Hanna, the conflicted bigamist. The collision course they are set on kept the tension dialed up to medium high and when the truth is finally revealed it was suitably dramatic. Throw in an estranged father, a plane crash, bankruptcy, a boyfriend stealing sister, a war-hero love interest lurking in the background, a cheating lying brother, financial shenanigans, a daughter jealous of her mother, a heart attack, and a gold mine and I'm all in. Also ballerinas! Seriously what more could you ask for?

While the storyline held promise, the director moved at such a slow pace that it was almost painful. The acting was beyond terrible...just godawful. It's obvious Rupert Everett phoned it in and John Hannah collected his paycheck for his few days & ran. I feel bad...but the poor child who played the son was cute but not enough to pull off having no tangible talent. The women...Wife #1 was so unemotional. Same reaction to finding out about a lying cheating husband to flirting with him before he left to painful convos with her daughters. Wife #2 must have taught the actor playing her son how to act. I'm sure she has many talents, but acting isn't one of them. As for the daughters, I can't really tell if they were trying too hard or are just that bad at acting.

This is an excruciatingly boring 2 episode movie with very pretty scenery and locales and bad acting. Perhaps I should cut them some slack - maybe the screenplay/dialogue was a collaboration written by the 9th grade creative writing class of 2010. Rupert Everett, however, presumably could have risen above his portrayal of a cartoonish stoop shouldered Snidely Whiplash. Horrendous performance. He has forever tainted himself.

Rosamund Pilcher is an entertaining author and I hope she did not live to see this rendition of her book. I struggled through it on 4 separate occasions, just to get through it for Rosamund. In the first episode, I longed for the plane crash. Just SOMETHING interesting. And it wasn't. Going forward, I longed for the stiff and awkward ballet scenes to end quickly. They didn't. Terrible, very predictable movie.