SpecialsTarget Disturbing yet enthralling

Organnall Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Candida It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Red_Identity The title of this review says there are amazing performances, which is perhaps a lie. The performances are definitely strong, but it's Laura Dern who really packs a bigger punch than the other three. She has perhaps the meatiest material and she knocks it out of the park, she's powerful and sad and heartbreaking to watch, while at the same time very flawed. Dern should feel proud of stealing this film away. Watts and Ruffalo are good, but Krause seems to be half asleep during this. I guess it doesn't help that he has the least amount of screen time, but there could have been something to latch on to in his portrayal. As it is there's nothing. Strong film though.

pc95 We Don't live Here Anymore has some pretty good insights into Adultery, but sort of feels like an exercise - it doesn't have too much of a point. Laura Dern puts her all into a housewife character hell-bent on trying to work out her problems with Mark Ruffalo. I enjoyed watching their development and back-and-forth. However the the other couple were vapid, without any substance. Seemed a bit unbelievable that the Ruffalo character would be so into his friend's wife - and this is where the movie is trying to get at that adultery is more about cheating and thrill than love. It's a fleeting thing. Towards the end we get what we knew was coming, and the resolution seems about what it most logically could be. Not a bad movie, but recommend watching Sex, Lies, and Videotape as a superior movie with better answers.

Chrysanthepop John Curran presents a very unsettling view on fragile relationships. At the centre of the story there are two married couples and from their interactions one can easily conclude that there was once a lot of love within the couples and a strong friendship between them and now, well in the case of Hank and Edith, the love is vanishing into thin air. Edith still yearns for Hank's love but Hank is too self-absorbed in his self-perceived failure and careless about his wife's infidelity. Terry still deeply loves Jack who is going through a mid-life crisis (like Hank) and finds comfort, both sexual and emotional, with Edith. At the center of their relationships are the children of the respective couples who are the most vulnerable ones. The film is a shocking portrayal of relationships and friendships that have reached a stage where indifference, obligation, guilt, loneliness and despair take over. Curran also adds some doses of humour that is subtle and welcoming (at the same time non-intrusive).The cinematography is fantastic and editing is wonderful. I especially liked how the camera jumps from one character to another, showing what they are going through, during a constant time period. The score contributes to the gloominess but in a non-intrusive and non-melodramatic way. It is rather gentle and flowing smoothly.'We Don't Live Here Anymore' showcases four exceptional performances. Ruffalo is both hateful and sympathetic as Jack. The remarkable Laura Dern is explosive and fiery as Terry. Her Terry is the strongest of the four and Dern is both gripping and haunting. Both Ruffalo and Dern benefit from well-defined roles (but even otherwise they are great actors as has been evident in their other movies) though there was the risk that had the roles been played by lesser actors, they could have easily become caricatures. However, the characters Hank and Edith depend more on the actor's performances. Naomi Watts shows immense depth through a wonderfully restrained performance while Peter Krause brilliantly downplays and brings a rawness to his part and his facial expressions speak volumes.'We Don't Live Here Anymore' is certainly not a positive look at relationships. The friendship between the couple is strong and there is an understanding between them that shows that they care for each other. Notice in the later scene when Dern's Terry tries to comfort Watts's Edith and the chats between Hank and Jack are proof enough. Even though the words aren't said, they only know each other too well and maybe it is respect that is losing its hold and probably friendship will too. Curran's film tells a meaningful raw story that is honest, brutal, daring and unsympathetic to its characters.

grindhouse_fan This is a masterwork. Laura Dern's performance was really stunning. Not all actresses can reach that kind of performance. Naomi Watts' performance was also amazing. All of the performances but specially those two.So, We Don't Live Here Anymore is a serious movie about love and adultery, right?, unfaithful. This is a work made with subtleness, with passion, with great artistry. This is a deep reflection of love, of how real couples have real problems. In the films of this kind (romance, I mean) the life is always pink, you know? It's always represented in pink. But, as 'Closer', this movie takes a deep look into love, relationships, into real life.At some point, the movie feels a little slow. But the characters and the dialogues are so amazingly real that you don't feel that this is fiction. This was very misunderstood by the Academy Awards. And by the critics. But, there are times where people don't know when they're watching a good movie. This is a movie of people of open criterion, I mean, liberal people, not the kind of people that are scared of all things. Verdict: Oscar-worthy picture. My awards for this movie would be: Best Picture, Best Director (John Curran, OMG! He made an excellent work), Best Actor (Mark Ruffalo), Best Actrees (Laura Dern), Best Supporting Actrees (Naomi Watts) and Best Writing, Screenplay Based From Another Material (Larry Gross, based upon the short stories: 'We Don't Live Here Anymore and 'Adultery by Andre Dubus). And by the way it's not a B- movie. FLAWLESS.***** out of *****