Mark Ruffalo and Naomi Watts’ emotionally complex marital drama is now streaming on Prime Video. Directed by John Curran, the 2004 drama arrived on the service on September 10.
We Don’t Live Here Anymore follows two couples whose friendships and marriages begin falling apart after hidden desires and betrayals come to the surface. The film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, where screenwriter Larry Gross received the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.
During its theatrical run, the film grossed nearly $2.3 million worldwide. Although its box-office performance was modest, the film received praise for its performances. As of writing, the 2004 drama holds a 65% Tomatometer score and 54% Popcornmeter score on Rotten Tomatoes.
What is Mark Ruffalo & Naomi Watts’ marriage drama about?
Based on two short stories by Andre Dubus, the movie follows two married couples living in a Pacific Northwest college town. Ruffalo plays literature professor Jack Linden, who is married to Terry (Laura Dern). Jack’s best friend and colleague, Hank Evans (Peter Krause), is married to Edith (Naomi Watts).
The couples appear close, but their relationships are already strained by dissatisfaction, resentment, and emotional distance. Things become complicated when Jack and Edith begin an affair. Their secret relationship eventually comes to light, pushing Terry and Hank into their own affair and creating a destructive cycle of jealousy, guilt, and retaliation.
The performances from its four leads are a major part of the movie’s appeal, with the actors portraying characters who make painful decisions while struggling with unhappiness and regret.
The film focuses less on the affairs themselves and more on the emotional consequences of the characters’ decisions. Ruffalo, Watts, Dern, and Krause give the story much of its impact as their characters struggle with regret, unhappiness, and years of unresolved problems.
We Don’t Live Here Anymore is now available to stream on Prime Video.
Originally reported on ComingSoon.net.
