All the Married Ones Are Not Good *Spoilers*
So this is supposed to be a film about a "good" man who is married? Because all I see here is a selfish man who has made vows he breaks, hurts his wife and his children for a younger girl the moment he is presented with the opportunity. Disgusting.
A self motivated workaholic wife and an author working leisurely from home offer to take in a young girl after an abrupt ending in her relationship has left her without a place to call home. The very few interactions shown between the husband and wife offer a clear indication of the issues between the couple due to their obvious circumstances. Why any woman would invite a young girl from an unstable relationship into her home with her two children (a teenage girl and younger boy) and her husband without considering the possibility of it going horribly wrong is baffling. The way the film portrays a lack of communication and intimacy within the marriage is overdone in the content in the short period of time prior to the beginning of the affair. In my opinion, any relationship in this condition would have suffered similar trials if not already separated long before they had reached this point. I can guarantee that most women who have a husband that is complaining of sexual and emotional neglect verbally on a daily basis do not find the solution that includes an available attractive young woman. Previous insecurity or infidelity is irrelevant, this was a woman who can't even claim naivety, this is just idiotic. I understand the logic that if a person is going to cheat, they will find a way to achieve it but there's no need to dangle a steal in front of a hungry dog that you have refused to feed in months. Sure, we all would like to hope our dog behaves in a way that is ideal as well as complimenting by obeying and waiting for the appropriate time to act... But let's be honest, how many neglected dogs end up being well trained companions?
As for the husband, the neglectful wife not tending to his leisurely lifestyle is no where near an excuse for him to cheat. Personally, I believe there is no excuse for cheating nor can it be justified or validated in any situation. Honestly, do I believe the wife was working excessively? Yes and no. Her work habits left little time for her relationship with her husband which would put a strain on their marriage, but she still made time to be very involved with the lives of her children. HOWEVER, I do not feel that any working woman's schedule would accommodate this man's expectations due to his working from home without any schedule at all. Thus, not getting a paycheck until his work or book is completed making the wife's time spent at her job not only a priority for herself, but the wellbeing of the family as well.
So here's this young girl, who looks only a few years older than their oldest child, the daughter. She actually teeter totters between a friendship with the mother and daughter initially, only to find herself more interested in the relationship between herself and the husband's penis. What I found amusing was the emotionally immature and battered young girl actually denies the advances made by the husband the first time he attempts to take things further than she is willing to allow. Well, the first time that is, because before you know it, those two are knocking boots in the family household without even a slight hesitation. To make matters even more repulsive, the husband impulsively returns home in a lustful rage after his wife never arrived at the restaurant for their dinner date due to her mother being hospitalized. I thought I would have seen more remorse and self hatred in the scene when he walked into the front door to hear this news, then proceeds to open his arms and embrace her in the arms he'd momentarily had wrapped around the naked young girl. Disgusting and far beyond a simple act of betrayal, his attempt to right the wrong the two adulterers have committed, he ignores the existences of the young girl completely while simultaneously continuing to destroy his marriage every other way possible.
What happens when you piss off a young little slut without rational thinking and no sense of a conscience? She's going to tell on you. Not only is she going to tell on you, apparently she's going to do it after she's confronted you about her mistreatment, a quicky in the motel to show that she's actually "worth" something to you, and the wife's offer at dinner for an expensive trip with the business. I have to give her credit, Girl is GOOD.
The husband did not seem surprised when the wife arrived home with her newly acquired information and for someone seeming so prepared by his expression, his words were not as convincing. While dancing around the ever so popular " I did this because you never show me an attention" rationalization. This is a personal favorite since it literally makes no sense to crave attention from someone specific causing you to seek attention from another person. Why would anyone desperately seek attention from any one person, if this craving can be satisfied by any random person? Then he blames her work, along with her not taking him up on the ONE OFFER to see a marriage counselor (which I do believe was the day before he initially started the affair) and blames everything or everyone for his actions. Not only does he never truly take the blame for the reason he's had an affair, the closest he gets to an apology is when he states "I never meant for this to happen" which I am not really sure how this applies to his defense. When completely in control over whether or not something does in fact happen, claiming it wasn't what you "meant" is not the most intelligent defense, in case you are ever in this situation and planned to use it. Admission of guilt is not necessary, she already knows. He would have been better off simply sticking his tail between his legs, shutting his mouth and praying for mercy....
Well then again, the wife forgives the husband, right after she saves the young girl from an attempted suicide when returning from the robbery on the wife's business. Seriously, that happened... It is not sarcasm nor am I making some ridiculous ending to emphasize on the ridiculousness of the story. This is the actual ending.... so... yeah.