Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- raunchy
- witty
- girls night
- light weekend viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the talented cast and potentially empowering premise undermined by cheap laughs, coarse slapstick, and uneven comic direction.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Carly, Kate, and Amber move from rivalry over Mark to a coordinated friendship and shared revenge plan.
The three women cooperate to punish Mark after discovering his repeated infidelity.
The critical reception specifically identifies pratfalls, scatological set pieces, and a conspicuous CGI dog gag as defining comic material.
The plot interweaves Carly, Kate, and Amber through Mark's overlapping affairs and their resulting alliance.
Films like The Other Woman, and why
The First Wives Club
women team up against an unfaithful man in a broad, empowering revenge comedy
9 to 5
female friendship and workplace-adjacent revenge drive a commercially accessible comedy about sexism and betrayal
How to Be Single
romantic comedy built around infidelity, escalating deception, and broad ensemble humor
Movie Details
- Director
- Nick Cassavetes
- Release Date
- 2014-04-16
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (3813)
Cast
- Cameron Diaz
- Leslie Mann
- Kate Upton
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
- Don Johnson
- Nicki Minaj
- Taylor Kinney
- David Thornton
- Victor Cruz
- Kenneth Maharaj
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, FXNow
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Other Woman about?
- Three women betrayed by the same serial cheater turn mutual outrage into an unlikely friendship and a gleeful revenge scheme.
- What is The Other Woman like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Other Woman as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Other Woman violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Other Woman as mild.
- What did critics think of The Other Woman?
- Critics broadly found the talented cast and potentially empowering premise undermined by cheap laughs, coarse slapstick, and uneven comic direction.
- Which films are like The Other Woman?
- Films with a similar feel include The First Wives Club, 9 to 5, and How to Be Single.
- How long is The Other Woman?
- The Other Woman runs 109 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Other Woman?
- In United States, The Other Woman streams on fuboTV, FXNow.
