This is genuinely the worst film I've encountered. The content promotes such an unfavorable view of families that it leaves you questioning your ability to believe in women; while I think women are wonderful, their portrayal here paints them as deceptive.

The anguish that comes with jealousy has been explored before, most notably by Claude Chabrol in his film L’Enfer. Director Adrian Lyne seems very familiar with this territory, having previously directed Fatal Attraction, Indecent Proposal, Lolita (which I think is better than Kubrick's version), and Unfaithful—a loose adaptation of Chabrol's La Femme Infidèle. Calling Deep Water a rehash feels like an understatement…

Ben Affleck portrays "Vic," a man enjoying a comfortable life alongside his beautiful wife, "Melinda" (Ana de Armas). However, their marriage isn’t what it seems; she embraces an open relationship that leaves him uncomfortable, often displaying her various younger lovers openly to him and their social circle. When one of these men disappears, "Vic" informs his replacement, "Jonas" (Dash Mihok), claiming he ended the …

The film promotes itself as an erotic thriller, but it’s missing what makes those genres work. Adrian Lyne attempts a return to filmmaking after twenty years, though the script by Zach Helm and Sam Levinson has too many issues. The main characters are truly unpleasant people in a deeply unhealthy relationship that's difficult to endure; however, their absence of character growth and nonexistent story progression r…