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We Don't Live Here Anymore
2004
Jack Linden (Mark Ruffalo) and Hank Evans (Peter Krause) are best friends who both teach at the same university in a small New England town. They both have young children and Jack's wife, Terry (Laura Dern) is close with Hank's wife, Edith (Naomi Watts). But while things appear happy on the surface, there are smouldering .. Read more
| Starring | Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Peter Krause, Naomi Watts |
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| Director | John Curran |
| Genres | Drama |
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We Don't Live Here Anymore
Jack Linden (Mark Ruffalo) and Hank Evans (Peter Krause) are best friends who both teach at the same university in a small New England town. They both have young children and Jack's wife, Terry (Laura Dern) is close with Hank's wife, Edith (Naomi Watts). But while things appear happy on the surface, there are smouldering pockets of discontent underneath. Financial struggle and domestic boredom has drained the passion from Jack and Terry's marriage, while Hank's numerous infidelities and self-absorption has prompted Edith to find both comfort and sexual fulfilment with Jack. As Jack begins spending more and more time with Edith, it becomes obvious to Terry, whose anger culminates in a sexual encounter with Hank. Now that the deception has come full circle, both couples are left to decide the futures of their shattered unions...
| Starring | Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Peter Krause, Naomi Watts |
|---|---|
| Director | John Curran |
| Studio | LIONS GATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 35 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 10 Oct 2005 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (5)
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Sets off sexual fireworks...literatem erotic and touched by brilliance in its quartet of live-wire performances...it doesn't just sizzle, it stings
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Adapted from two stories by André Dubus (author of the source material for In The Bedroom), this is a tough... read more on Time Out
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24 out of 26 people found this review helpful
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Excellent adult relationship drama
Adult drama about two couples whose marriages are in difficulty, resulting in an affair developing between the husband of one and wife of the other. Great performances lift this film up to being, again, one of the best I've seen this year. Backed by a good score, it isn't really a new premise (based on two short stories by the guy who's short story was the inspiration for In The Bedroom) but after watching Crash it just felt so much more involving and real.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
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Pretty ghastly, I'm afraid
What do you get when you put four good actors together with a literate script and a sensitive director? This pile of old claptrap, I'm afraid. He's having an affair with her, so her husband considers having an affair with his wife (he'd certainly like to have an affair with someone). The men are both English professors in some American college; the women are both vaguely unsatisfied with their lot; long, lingering looks are exchanged; shots are held; a plinekty-plonk piano maunders away on the score. For a while, it all looks impressive enough to make you wonder where it might go, but then the suffocating self-importance becomes much too much and one's interest simply collapses. Avoid.
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We Don't Live Here Anymore
Jack Linden (Mark Ruffalo) and Hank Evans (Peter Krause) are best friends who both teach at the same university in a small New England town. They both have young children and Jack's wife, Terry (Laura Dern) is close with Hank's wife, Edith (Naomi Watts). But while things appear happy on the surface,...
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