The Other Woman (2014)
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Three women who discover they are all being deceived by the same man team up to take their revenge.
The story
Carly Whitten, a Manhattan attorney, begins dating a charismatic businessman named Mark King. When she discovers he is married, she meets his wife, Kate. The two women soon realize that Mark is also involved with a third woman, Amber. Upon learning of his double life, the three women decide to join forces and take revenge on him for his deception. The story follows their escalating plans to punish him for his lies while they navigate their own burgeoning connections and the complexities of their shared situation.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Carly Whitten, a Manhattan attorney, discovers her boyfriend Mark King is married after a misunderstanding leads her to his home. She meets his wife, Kate, and they eventually discover Mark is also involved with a third woman, Amber, a swimsuit supermodel. The three women team up to prank Mark, including using hair-removal cream and laxatives. During their time together, Carly begins a relationship with Kate's brother, Phil. They also discover Mark has been embezzling money from his company. The plot thickens as they learn Mark has set up Kate as the owner of shell companies to hide his fraud. In the climax, the three women confront Mark at his office. Carly, acting as his lawyer, helps Kate expose his fraud and secure a divorce. While this saves Kate from prison, it leaves Mark bankrupt and unemployed. The film ends with Carly and Phil moving in together, Kate taking over Mark's former role as a successful CEO, and Amber and Carly's father, Frank, traveling the world together.
- First release year
- 2014
- Runtime (minutes)
- 109
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Nick Cassavetes
- Writers
- Melissa K. Stack · writer
- Cast and characters
- Cameron Diaz · Carly Whitten; Leslie Mann · Kate King; Kate Upton · Amber; Nikolaj Coster-Waldau · Mark King; Nicki Minaj · Lydia; Taylor Kinney · Phil; Don Johnson · Frank Whitten
- Genres
- romantic comedy; buddy comedy; comedy
- Themes
- sisterhood; independence; revenge
- Tone and mood
- comedy; slapstick
- Setting
- New York City, Connecticut, and the Bahamas.
- Premise and plot tags
- female revenge; romance; fraud
- Source material / true-story basis
- The First Wives Club
- Content notes
- sexual references
- Reception
- The film received mostly negative reviews from critics but was a box office success.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 26% · scale: percentage · review count: 165; Metacritic · score: 39 · scale: 100 · review count: 35; CinemaScore · score: B+ · scale: A+ to F
- Production trivia
- The film's script was based on the original idea from the 1996 comedy The First Wives Club.
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