I bought this movie used for 2$ so I don't feel too much ripped off, but oh my God what a stinker... I fancy myself as someone who like movies and a connoisseur, the bad side of it is that now when I see a movie I tend to only see the structure of it, I can't easily let myself drag along by a story, I will always be more preoccupied by the camera shots, the quality of the acting and the colors I see on the screen... When I bought it I see that it was directed by the brilliant Mike Nichols who's a genius director, and that it was produced by Scott Rudin, for whom 99% of his movies are hits... For this one I couldn't even watch more than the first 40 minutes before calling it quit, I've watch half of the movie and nothing had happened yet... According to the back of the DVD box the story is about two couples who have infidelities and who mingle with each others, but it's so badly written that the viewer is left wondering why things are happening and we're left wondering if what we believe happen is really what we're supposed to understand... When we look at the screen the mix of colors are perfect, but oh my god the writing of the story, the writing is so utterly lousy and incompetent it made me wonder how all those A-list actors and director could have been convinced to make such a stinker... The quality of the acting is completely miserable, but in my opinion we need to pardon the actors because they obviously did what they could with the emotionless and senseless material they had... I decided it was worth to write a review for this piece of crap because I wanted to underline how it's perfectly possible to make shining a piece of excrement like and make the average Joe believe it's a good movie by adding some credible actors and staffers, and by directing it in a way that make believe we know what were doing and that it's quality...
