"I don't know."
Although hardly a statement of female empowerment when the three leads refer to themselves as "the lawyer, the wife and the boobs", The Other Woman is a reasonably snappy but featherlight female-driven comedy that manages to entertain reasonably well. Leslie Mann - when not delivering in hysterical-pace mode - creates some lovely moments as the wronged wife, Cameron Diaz shows she still has star quality and is the consummate comedy professional, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau shows some surprising lightness of touch as the philandering husband. It all becomes less inspired as it goes along (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun on the soundtrack, the 'his toothbrush in the toilet bowl' routine, and even an American Pie diarrhoea scene), but the inevitable confrontation scene pays off quite nicely. The Other Woman is certainly not original or demanding fare, but it is well-made, well-played and efficiently delivered.
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