Well, it seems that she's done it again. Late 2010-early 2011 seems to be Natalie Portman's time to really shine. In The Other Woman, the film depicts the literal role of the 'other woman', a role that's not really explored in Hollywood because we all want to believe that the slighted woman, the woman cheated on--the cheatee, if you will, is the one the viewers want to root for. This film seems to take another look at the dissolution of a marriage caused by an unfaithful spouse, because what happens if the other woman isn't as evil as the conventional movie always portrays her to be? This is the role Natalie Portman portrays, the other woman who met the love of her life while he was still married to another woman. It's life that happens, the dissolution of the first marriage, the second family, the tragedies and the happiness that occurs within day to day. I'm looking forward to seeing this aspect of the traditional ideal of husband cheats on wife, leaves her to marry the other woman, and how life just goes on. I'm also excited to see Lisa Kudrow step out of the comedic shell she's so popular for, and become the slighted woman whose jealousy towards the woman who wrecked her marriage is understandable and yet deplorable at the same time.
I am in awe, simple awe of Ms. Portman, soon to be wife and mother.
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