Flick of the Day

Film: UNFAITHFUL

Director: Adrian Lyne

Actors: Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Olivier Martinez, Erik Per Sullivan, Michelle Monaghan, Chad Lowe, Kate Burton

Year: 2002

Synopsis: A married woman engages in a seductive affair with dangerous results.

Diane Lane, who has been acting since childhood, burst into the A-list with her Oscar-nominated performance in "Unfaithful". The film is alluring and very well written. Olivier Martinez, who plays her sexy lover, and Richard Gere in a surprisingly great role, round out the main cast. This flick will suck you in and keep you intrigued, especially the last 40 minutes.

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Actor: MICHELLE MONAGHAN

Film: "Trucker"

Character: Diane Ford

Year: 2008

This was an ambitious choice for relatively unknown actor Michelle Monaghan, and unfortunately it didn't pay off. With another actor, this film may have made the award show rounds. Monaghan just isn't up to speed as Diane, a somewhat cold trucker, who takes in her young son after his father falls ill. I wasn't feeling the connection between Monaghan and Jimmy Bennett (who plays her son Peter), even towards the end when she begins to realize she loves him.