We Don't Live Here Anymore Movie Review 2004

A quartet of 30-somethings discover adultery and betrayal have repercussions in this adaptation of two novellas by Andre Dubus. Best friends Jack (Ruffalo) and Hank (Krause) teach at a small college; Jack's married to Terry (Dern), Hank to Edith (Watts). Both couples have children; neither marriage is happy. Jack and Edith are in lust and enjoy woodland trysts while waiting to get caught. Serial womanizer Hank is seemingly unconcerned when he finds out but Terry is driven by fury to punish Jack by screwing Hank and then telling her husband--who doesn't react as expected. They're whiny, indecisive, self-involved, angry, weak, occasionally passionate, but not a group you'd want to spend a lot of time with (despite the capable performances from all four actors).

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 101 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adultery, Marriage, Sex & Sexuality, Romantic Triangles

Screenplay

Larry Gross

Cast

Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Peter Krause, Naomi Watts, Jennifer Bishop, Sam Charles, Haili Page

Cinematography

Maryse Alberti

Director

John Curran

Music

Lesley Barber, Laurie Parker

Other

Lindsay Bucknell, Alexandre De Francheschi, Rick Willoughby, Katia Stano, Tony Devenyi

Producer

Harvey Kahn, Naomi Watts, Jonas Goodman, Renaissance Films, Front Street Pictures, Warner Independent Pictures