Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Aug 3, 2023 2/4

It’s no wonder the film sat on the shelves for so long, given its lack of emotional payoff in the finale.

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Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Aug 9, 2022

A collection of questions without answers. [Full review in Spanish]

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Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Nov 16, 2019

Surprisingly, there are no loose ends come film's end giving the audience a sense of satisfaction and emotional food for thought.

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Michael D. Reid Victoria Times Colonist (B.C., Canada) Oct 24, 2016 2.5/5

Uneven yet intermittently compelling.

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Richard Corliss TIME Magazine Dec 13, 2011

It's a kind of unofficial sequel or sibling, three decades later, to Robert Benton's Oscar-winning Kramer vs. Kramer.

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Victoria Luxford The National (UAE) Sep 1, 2011 3/5

although it is a little more glossy than the novel it is based on, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits is a mature and thoughtful look at the dynamics of the 21st-century family unit.

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Nathaniel Rogers The Film Experience Aug 12, 2011 D

a picture that doesn't know itself: vague whenever it needs to be specific, bloats whenever it needs to trim.

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William Goss Film.com May 24, 2011

Often mistakes hollow hysterics for gripping drama.

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Annlee Ellingson Moving Pictures Magazine Apr 16, 2011

Don Roos' movie demonstrates Natalie Portman's range, but it leans too heavily on her bad behavior, ignoring the growth the character experiences in a schizophrenic third act.

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Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Mar 10, 2011 B-

For a picture that really isn't much more than a high-toned soap opera...surprisingly effective.

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Andy Klein Christian Science Monitor Feb 11, 2011 C-

Resembles a number of recent Woody Allen pictures, except without the quality of jokes that leaven even Allen's worst explorations of this turf.

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Armond White New York Press Feb 9, 2011

Right now, Portman commands the cineplexes as surrogate for misguided, self-pitying filmmakers.

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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky Ebert Presents At The Movies Feb 7, 2011

The film tacks on a lot of issues and then it never quite follows any of them through.

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Jesse Cataldo Slant Magazine Feb 7, 2011 2.5/4

As good as it is at times, The Other Woman never nears greatness; it lacks the mettle and focus to push beyond well-groomed melodrama.

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Robert Levin Film School Rejects Feb 5, 2011 3/4

Espouses smart and meaningful insights into the challenges of falling in love with the "wrong" man and joining a family in which one might not be the most natural fit.

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Kathleen Murphy MSN Movies Feb 4, 2011 2/5

Soap opera for the bourgeoisie, The Other Woman is the kind of movie Lifetime audiences would gush over as sensitive and wise.

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Nora Lee Mandel Film-Forward.com Feb 4, 2011 6/10

More affectingly honest about contemporary, complicated parenthood than a traditional chick flick love story. Kudrow pulls off the [most] difficult, crucial scene.

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Dana Stevens Slate Feb 4, 2011

Natalie Portman may have the black swan and the white swan down, but she's still working on the gray.

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S. Jhoanna Robledo Common Sense Media Feb 4, 2011 2/5

Slow-moving but mature drama looks at aftermath of affair.

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Lou Lumenick New York Post Feb 4, 2011 2.5/4

Thanks to Portman's superb work, we feel her pain acutely.

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