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I just watched this movie in my Women and Feminism class and at first I was surprised why the teacher would choose such a disturbing movie to be presented to a room full of teenagers. I understand the teacher's argument would probably be that those teenagers are most likely sexually active and therefore need to be informed of what the reality is really like but I know the very graphic scenes can instantly make an average person to stay or become pro-life and I guess that would be missing the point the film was trying to accomplish.

I also think the film is saturated with way too many cliches and was desperately trying to fight off the stereotypes. The first one that automatically pops into my head is the character of Jada Pinkett who is black and very much pro-life. It's one to make her character such an advocate of life when statistically speaking most blacks than whites are getting abortions in this country (purely economic reason I suppose) but to make her Ann Heche's best friend was just too politically correct for me. Why not just make Jada Pinkett the pregnant one, wouldn't that be more true to what the stats indicate? Why being so PC?

Another one, Sissy Spacek is 40 something and decides not to get an abortion. What a cliche! Do only teens and nuns get abortions? I think the makers of this movie should have handled such delicate subject more carefully by not offering so many cliches. A young student gets pregnant by having an affair with a married man, a young girl gets pregnant by a one night stand, a middle aged mother can handle another baby... Why didn't they mentioned pregnancy as a result of child abuse and / or rape? I just think the stories could have been a lot more interesting.

Why so much of an hype at the end? We all know not every doctor performing abortions gets shot. It happens rarely. Why include that in the movie?

One thing for sure, every man should see this movie at least one and then be forced to talk about his feelings on it.

I'm amazed how many of you thought this movie was very graphic or soft porn-like. Have you seen any French flicks lately? I think "Unfaithful" isn't nearly as graphic as it could have/should have been to correctly identify the subject matter. Diane Lane flashes her breasts maybe one, maybe twice and teases us with her very brief behind shot. Again, have you seen any good French films? Stop being prudish and welcome to human anatomy 101. Trust me, it's okay.

I just bought the CD Soundtrack to "Unfaithful" and I find it irresistible. Jan Kaczmarek is one of the most talented Polish composers of modern cinema and I do thank him as well as Marta Stanislawska for her fine piano performance.