We Don’t Live Here Anymore *** (2004, Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Naomi Watts, Peter Krause) – Classic Movie Review 5817
Jack Linden (Mark Ruffalo) cheats on his wife Terry Linden (Laura Dern) with his friend Edith Evans (Naomi Watts), who is married to Hank Evans (Peter Krause), destroying both marriages, in director John Curran’s brilliantly acted and classy 2004 portrait of fractured relationships in the American suburbs.
Writer Larry Gross’s screenplay is based on the short stories We Don’t Live Here Anymore and Adultery by Andre Dubus, and it is so truthful that it hurts.
The actors attack their roles with startling honesty and conviction, and it is especially good to see the often neglected Dern in a part truly worthy of her.
Also in the cast are Sam Charles, Haili Page, Jennifer Bishop, Jennifer Mawhinney, Amber Rothwel, Meg Roe, Jim Francis, Marc Baur and Patrick Earley.
It runs 101 minutes, is shot by Maryse Alberti, produced by Naomi Watts, scored by Michael Convertino and designed by Tony Devenyi.
© Derek Winnert 2017 Classic Movie Review 5817
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