Unfaithful

Production year: 2002

Thriller R   Running time: 2:04 

IMDB rating:   6.7     Aspect: Wide;  Languages: English, French, Spanish;  Subtitles: English, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai;  Audio: DD 5.1

If you ever need dramatic proof that adultery is inevitably destructive, look no further than Adrian Lyne's Unfaithful. Drawing inspiration from Claude Chabrol's 1969 film La Femme InfidËle, the director of Fatal Attraction is mining similar territory here, but this grownup thriller is more intimate than Lyne's dead-bunny potboiler, probing more deeply into the rush of conflicting emotions provoked by infidelity. In what many critics praised as the role of her career, Diane Lane plays the instigator of emotional turmoil, a seemingly happy housewife and fundraiser who cheats on her devoted husband (Richard Gere, in a welcomed change of pace) when she casually encounters a seductive Frenchman (clichÈ alert!) played by Olivier Martinez. Allowing his actors to speak volumes without words, Lyne emphasizes silent tension over explicit thrills, creating a sexually charged thriller that remains riveting even as it turns partially predictable. "Someone always gets hurt," says one character in a pivotal scene, and Unfaithful fulfills that prophesy in a timeless tale of passion.

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Features

Audio commentary
Deleted/extended scenes
Featurettes/Behind-The-Scenes/Documentaries
Interviews

Special features

Full Length Commentary by Director Allan Lyne
Scene Specific Actor's Commentary
11 Deleted Scenes (Including Alternate Ending) with Optional Director's Commentary
"The Charlie Rose Show" Interview with Richard Gere, Diane Lane, and Adrian Lyne
Behind the Scenes Featurette: "An Affair to Remember"
Editing Featurette
Cast Interviews
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