[BluesDuke]

What Lies Beneath was a good - not great, but good - film, nuanced and expressive in its way, which was murdered by a Fatal Attraction-like finish. As for Unfaithful, I have seen the reviews being 50/50, so far, but I will wait until I have seen it, which I plan to, since I like the idea of teaming Richard Gere and Diane Lane - their styles as they have matured (Gere can be a remarkably focused actor now, as compared to his earliest career in which he was far more style than substance; Lane given the chance can make even a despicable character seem oddly humane) in their craft make the prospect interesting.

[dpwiener]

As for Unfaithful, I have seen the reviews being 50/50, so far, but I will wait until I have seen it, which I plan to, since I like the idea of teaming Richard Gere and Diane Lane

I'll be interested in hearing your opinion of it. At the end of the free screening (which they assured us was the final cut, except for fixing some minor technical problems such as when the sound cut out for a second or two), there was pretty much a dead silence from the audience. My impression was that virtually everyone shared a sense of relief that the movie was finally over with.

So I was surprised that the studio was able to extract a number of favorable quotes from various movie reviews, for use in the newspaper ads. Of course the quotes tended to focus on the acting of the movie's stars, which I'll concede wasn't bad; they were merely overwhelmed by the excruciatingly boring script.

[TexasNative2000]

Lane given the chance can make even a despicable character seem oddly humane)

She's quickly becoming one of my favorite actresses. She conveys vulnerability without innocence, which is tough to do.

[NYCVirago]

As for Unfaithful, I have seen the reviews being 50/50, so far, but I will wait until I have seen it, which I plan to, since I like the idea of teaming Richard Gere and Diane Lane - their styles as they have matured (Gere can be a remarkably focused actor now, as compared to his earliest career in which he was far more style than substance; Lane given the chance can make even a despicable character seem oddly humane) in their craft make the prospect interesting.

I was watching "An Officer and a Gentleman" again a few weeks ago, when it was on cable. Gere gave a really remarkable performance in that film, especially with the love scenes. Apparently he and Debra Winger couldn't stand each other, but you'd never know it from watching the movie.

[ValerieUSA]

I was totally caught up in What Lies Beneath. I'm a real wimp at scary movies and rarely watch them. But when the movie was over and I stoped the panic, I started to laugh. The endless chase and suspense at the end was so overdone that it could have been camp. It was like a healthy, robust, opera singer belting out her final death song, then apparently dying, then bursting out in song again, then dying, then singing... on and on until you just want her to "DIE ALREADY!"