The Other Woman is a 2014 American romantic comedy film directed by Nick Cassavetes and written by Melissa Stack. The film stars Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Nicki Minaj, Taylor Kinney and Don Johnson. It was released on April 25, 2014.The film was distributed internationally by 20th Century Fox,[4] a subsidiary of the newly formed 21st Century Fox, after the disbandment of News Corporation. The film topped the US box office on its first day of release.
Carly (Cameron Diaz) has just started a relationship with Mark (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), a man she hooked up with eight weeks prior. She is upset when Mark suddenly tells her he has to go out of town, but decides to go over to his house per advice from her father Frank (Don Johnson). Intending to seduce him while wearing a sexy outfit, she is horrified to meet Kate (Leslie Mann), who introduces herself as Mark's wife. Despite the problems, the two women end up bonding and forming an unlikely friendship. When Kate discovers that Mark is still seeing someone on the side, she initially believes that it is Carly but she and Carly eventually discovers that Mark is seeing a third woman, a beautiful young woman named Amber (Kate Upton).After that all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the three-timing SOB.
Carly and Kate travel to the beach, where Kate has a run in with Amber and the two women inform her that Mark has been cheating on all of them. They decide to take revenge by doing things such as spiking his smoothies with estrogen and giving him breasts, as well as putting hair removal cream in his shampoo. Through their pranks, they discover that Mark has been embezzling from various companies at his workplace and Carly begins to connect romantically with Kate's brother Phil (Taylor Kinney). In addition, Amber confesses to Carly that she is seeing someone else as well. However, their camaraderie begins to shatter when Kate finds herself falling for Mark again and discovers that Carly has asked Mark if he wants to hang out.Later after Mark takes Kate on a trip to the Bahamas, she's approached by Carly and Amber with an envelope containing contracts that establish Kate as the owner of the companies Mark defrauded, which would cause Kate to go to prison if the fraud is discovered. She agrees to go with them, where she discovers that Mark has yet another woman and that he had been seeing her while he was vacationing with Kate. This, and in addition of the possibility of facing prison in Mark's place, urges Kate to take actions with help from Carly's legal expertise.
When she and Mark return from vacation Kate confronts her husband with Carly and Amber at the law firm where Carly works with all of his infidelities they have discovered and embezzlement. With Carly as her attorney, Kate demands a divorce. Kate reveals that she has returned the embezzled money to the companies, which helps Mark avoid prison but leaves him bankrupt. On top of this, Mark's business partner Nick arrives and fires Mark upon the discovery of the crime and in addition offers Kate the chance to take over her former husband's job in appreciation of her honesty. Frank hits Mark in the face in retaliation upon leaving. The film ends with Carly eventually marrying Phil and the couple expecting a child, Amber marrying Frank (which agonizes Carly upon finding out her father is Amber's romantic partner), and Kate working as a CEO with Mark's former business partners and the company making a profit under her leadership.
The site's consensus states: "The Other Woman definitely boasts a talented pedigree, but all that skill is never fully brought to bear on a story that settles for cheap laughs instead of reaching its empowering potential."
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