Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 01/27/2004
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
A gentle man suddenly finds himself at a loss for what to do when he suspects his wife has been unfaithful in this
comedy drama from director
Alan Rudolph.
David and
Dana Hurst (
Campbell Scott and
Hope Davis) are a married couple with three children who also happen to be dentists who share an office.
David is a quiet and reserved sort, while
Dana has been quietly but obviously unhappy with things recently. Backstage at a community theater production,
David sees
Dana in the arms of another man and is immediately certain she's having an affair, a suspicion only deepened by her continued dark mood, long periods of silence, and frequent trips out of the house.
Slater (
Denis Leary) is a disgruntled patient of the Hursts who has gone public with his unhappiness over their work; as
David tries to work out
Slater's differences,
Slater becomes a frequent (and not always welcome) visitor in
David's home. As he observes the obvious tension in
David and
Dana's relationship,
Slater begins offering his own gruff brand of advice to
David -- including acting cooler and informing
Dana "I could kill you" at the dinner table. Co-produced by leading man
Campbell Scott,
The Secret Lives of Dentists was based on the novel
The Age of Grief by
Jane Smiley.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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