Long, Arduous and Predictable I came into this film with high expectations, as relayed by friends who had seen this movie. Perhaps, if you have never before seen a movie, this hackneyed, over-exposed, 4th-grade plot would amuse you. Each character is about as believable as cardboard cut-outs, the dialogue seems so bad ("Do you want to dance or do you want to DANCE?") that it's painful to realize that Dixon also wrote Mrs. Doubtfire and Pay it Forward. The plot is immensely and inexcusable predictable. So much so, that because you can't imagine that you've guessed the ending within 15 minutes, you'll invent a better and more original movie.
The acting is decent, but can Pierce play anything but an exciting, older white male? The only thing he ever seems to do in movies is not react to things. If you always play it cool, is that even acting? Rene Russo gets out of acting by continuously taking off her top, apparently to prove that "older women still got it." This was a big deal when the movie came out, but now it seems distracting, unnecessary and forced.
Unless you've never guessed the end to a movie before in your life, stay away from this horrid "Affair."