Salt Lake Tribune Review

This dramatic love triangle has a pedigree: three strong actors -- Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas and Laura Linney as the woman between them -- moody directing from Richard Eyre ("Iris," "Notes on a Scandal") and a short story by Bernhard Schlink ( The Reader ) as source material. But the rank ridiculousness of the story, in which Neeson's loving husband learns that Linney's character has been cheating with a smooth lothario (Banderas) in Milan, undercuts the strong acting and the film's polished look (credit cinematographer Haris Zambarloukos and editor Tariq Anwar). Eyre and co-screenwriter Charles Wood deliberately withhold key facts to gin up the tension, while setting up too-obvious symbolism (Neeson and Banderas meet, I kid you not, over a game of chess). Still, even though the effort is wasted, Neeson's rage and Linney's silent suffering are well-played.
— Sean P. Means

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