Another Woman's Husband (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Noel Nosseck

Writers (WGA):

Anna Tuttle Villegas (novel) and
Lynne Hugo (novel) ...

Release Date:

6 March 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Charming ladies man Johnny Miller is bored with his still committed wife, swimming instructor Susan...

Plot Keywords:

Drowning | Swimming | Swimming Instructor | Friendship | Heart Attack

Cast

Gail O'Grady	...	Susan Miller
Lisa Rinna	...	Laurel McArthur
Dale Midkiff	...	Johnny Miller / Jake
Sally Kirkland	...	Roxie
Charlotte Rae	...	Stella
Bob Larkin	...	Harvey
Amzie Strickland	...	Annette
Carroll Baker	...	Laurel's Mom
André Carthen	...	Tom (as Andre Carthen)
JoNell Kennedy	...	Bets (as Jo Nell Kennedy)
Donna Hanover	...	Psychologist
Diana Tanaka	...	Colleague
Richard Gross	...	Second colleague
Michael Kagan	...	Al
Linda Lawson	...	Agnes

Runtime:

Germany:87 min | USA:91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | UK:PG

Company:

C.M. Two Production

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Susan drives off after arguing with Laurel in the street, three crew members and a camera can be seen in reflection in her car window.

Quotes:

Laurel McArthur: How long have you been married?
Susan Miller: Ten years.
[looking upset]
Laurel McArthur: Susan, what is it?
Susan Miller: [Susan gets out of the pool]

"Superlative" male lead

You can love or hate a movie, or character, but it's difficult to proclaim any given story, performance, actor, director, etc., the best or worst, your most or least favored, ever, etc. Superlatives are only correctly used for one of anything - and if you discover one anew, it must surpass all others if it is truly a superlative.

Well, honestly, I have several after watching this picture - and all with regard to the Midkiff character Johnny/Jake.

Hands down, he's the MOST unsympathetic, dull, insipid, uncharismatic character I've EVER viewed.

He evokes the LEAST amount of empathy or trace of caring in any regard for what happens to him, or for the trials he might endure as a result of his duplicity. There is no way a character could be more annoying.

The two female leads are both engaging, sympathetic (for the most part), and certainly a pleasure to view. They were both screwed-up in their own ways, but who in this movie genre isn't? And the conclusion brought proper resolution.

(Whenever I watch a film with a character very annoying, like Midkiff's here, I wish the director would have hired an actor resembling Moe from the Three Stooges - and that "Moe" would proceed to bash him with a mallet, poke him in the eyes, and give him hard slaps, the way he would to Curly and Larry.)