The Other Woman, or as it is known under it’s better title Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, features what might be Natalie Portman’s first grown-up performance. She has always been a good actress but her work here in Don Roos’ film adaptation of Ayelet Waldman’s novel might be her best performance to date. The film premiered in 2008 at the Toronto International Film Festival and is just now getting a limited release on video-on-demand and in theatres due to the buzz of Portman’s performance in Black Swan.
Portman plays Emilia Greenleaf, an aspiring lawyer working in a powerful lawfirm run by Jack Woolf (Scott Cohen). When they fall in love and get married, Emilia becomes pregnant. However soon after her daughter is born, she dies. The film mainly focuses on Emilia’s relationship with William, her stepson, played wonderfully by Charlie Tahan. Emilia is trying so hard...
Portman plays Emilia Greenleaf, an aspiring lawyer working in a powerful lawfirm run by Jack Woolf (Scott Cohen). When they fall in love and get married, Emilia becomes pregnant. However soon after her daughter is born, she dies. The film mainly focuses on Emilia’s relationship with William, her stepson, played wonderfully by Charlie Tahan. Emilia is trying so hard...
- 2/5/2011
- by Josh Youngerman
- SoundOnSight
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