Henry Barnes 

The Other Woman review – dumb dumb-feminist message

This dismal effort fails the Bechdel test generously as its female characters do little but worry and talk about the film's love rat, says Henry Barnes
  
  

The Other Woman
Revenge in the air … The Other Woman. Photograph: Barry Wetcher/Unit Photograph: Barry Wetcher/Unit

Mousy Wife (Leslie Mann) is cheated on by Love Rat Husband. He's secretly dating the One with the Career (Cameron Diaz) AND the One with the Boobs (Kate Upton). Career finds out (ohhhh!), befriends Mousy (ahhhhh!), who recruits Boobs (ha ha ha!). Off they all go to teach Love Rat a lesson (YAY!). Melissa Stack's script chases laughs and catches cliches. Mann's kooky, Diaz is sassy. Upton does that Cat Daddy dance people on the internet liked so much.

Meanwhile, The Other Woman scrawls out a dumb dumb-feminist message with a big, fat marker pen. The women get revenge against the bad man. In the process they stalk him, worry about Loverat and talk about him incessantly. Hollywood 1 – 0 Bechdel.

 

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