Charming and brutal

Beautiful, moving film.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

I have begun to see this film, without any hope, to see it. It has been a pleasant surprise, I will not say it is a film for posterity, but if it is a good movie. Also one of the things I like about her is that in her characters we see several types of people, not just a guy, the one who takes today and who is the good, but there are several types and none is good , Are signs of reality.It is independent cinema, would like to see in Spain independent cinema with this range of actors. They are all great. Seeing Naomi, I was surprised, I had not seen an actress cry for a long time and not cover her eyes, to see the whole face. I do not know if it will be your thing or it will be the direction of actors, but I was pleasantly surprised.Just start, there is cut, inside a car and use it to change sequence. I was very surprised, independent film is usually basically screenplay, not characterized by doing this kind of thing.Photography is better than the average of this type of cinema. It is not white, but it does accompany the film. It is not beautiful or perfect but if it is worked.Apart from those details commented before, the rest in terms of direction, is simple. A great direction of actors, but simple plans. It does not bore, except the moments in which the film is forgotten and is going to see planes of nature or becomes poetic. Those moments lower the film.Overall a nice movie.Spoiler:What I like about the actors is that they present us with several types of characters. The coward that although not happy, continues with his life. Also part of the liberals in love, but only until I suffer. Also the honest, I know I've done something wrong and I deal with it, for me.

Content to engage in an extramarital affair to the oblivion of their trusting and neglected spouses, a middle class man and woman ponder about how they might get caught and what the ramifications may, however, the reality of being caught has unexpected consequences for them both in this brooding human drama. The action plays out against a soft and slow yet haunting music score by Michael Convertino, and much of the film's appeal comes the very deliberate pacing (in harmony with the music); the two lovers do not initiate the affair because they need romance and excitement and the danger of being caught never strikes them as anything to worry about until it is too late. Promising as all this might sound, the lovers are actually aloof to the point that it is hard to care about them. Neither of their spouses are particularly likable either and as such, the movie is a rather distanced viewing experience. The best characters are probably the daughters of both respective couples; both girls seem to know more than what they let on and it feels liked a bit of a missed opportunity that the film does not make more of the impact of their parents' infidelity on them. Never to mind, the film is strongly acted even if it is not all that it could be. Laura Dern received some awards attention for her performance back in the day, but Naomi Watts and Mark Ruffalo as the two lovers are just as good. As for what exactly the title refers to, it is never really clear, but it does hint towards the fact that neither couple will be like they were before once their affair is exposed.

We Don't Live Here Anymore is a film directed by John Curran. The movie stars Mark Ruffalo,Laura Dern,Naomi Watts and Peter Krause.It is based on the short stories We Don't Live Here Anymore and Adultery by Andre Dubus.Two marriages and four lives are brought to a crossroads by infidelity in this drama, based on a pair of short stories by author Andre Dubus. Jack (Ruffalo) is a college professor whose marriage to Terry (Dern) has been going through a rough patch. Beyond the tensions over Terry's failings as a mother and housekeeper, Jack is deeply infatuated with Edith (Watts), the beautiful wife of his best friend, Hank (Krause), a fellow professor and struggling poet. As it happens, Edith is also attracted to Jack, and they soon begin an affair that Edith is certain will soon be found out. Hank, meanwhile, is a man with a flexible attitude about his own fidelity, and he falls into a relationship with Terry. Before long, all four parties learn about the infidelity of their spouses and friends, with differing reactions; Terry becomes desperate to save her marriage, Jack decides he's in love with Edith, but neither couple is willing to divorce.We Don't Live Here Anymore deftly captures the pain and suffocation of people who have fallen out of love and don't know who to blame. It just forgets to allow them -- or the audience -- to feel anything else.One maybe fully absorbed by in the characters and their casually outrageous behavior.Also,it is a painful and powerful adaptation of two of Andre Dubus' beautifully frank stories.

We Don't live Here Anymore has some pretty good insights into Adultery, but sort of feels like an exercise - it doesn't have too much of a point. Laura Dern puts her all into a housewife character hell-bent on trying to work out her problems with Mark Ruffalo. I enjoyed watching their development and back-and-forth. However the the other couple were vapid, without any substance. Seemed a bit unbelievable that the Ruffalo character would be so into his friend's wife - and this is where the movie is trying to get at that adultery is more about cheating and thrill than love. It's a fleeting thing. Towards the end we get what we knew was coming, and the resolution seems about what it most logically could be. Not a bad movie, but recommend watching Sex, Lies, and Videotape as a superior movie with better answers.