It stars Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Ben Mendelsohn, Xavier Samuel, and James Frecheville.

The film tells the story of a pair of middle-aged women who are life-long friends and have sex with each other's teenage sons, and the resultant emotional consequences of their ongoing affairs.

Ian still has feelings for Roz, and eventually, they renew the relationship; they then learn that Lil and Tom never stopped sleeping together.

Ian now works with his mother for a successful yacht-building company, and Tom is studying theater.

He refuses to see Roz, but Hannah comes to visit him and nurses him through his physical therapy.

That night, they all eat dinner together, during which Tom gets drunk and takes a walk to clear his head.

The site's consensus reads: "Naomi Watts and Robin Wright give it their all, but they can't quite make Adore's trashy, absurd plot believable.

[5] The Guardian's Damon Wise, in positive review that awarded the film 4 out of 5 stars, wrote the film is "An incredibly provocative piece of work, featuring a brave and vulnerable performance by Naomi Watts (who seems perhaps a little too young) and a career-high acting masterclass from Robin Wright (who is cast perfectly).

"[6] Writing for RogerEbert.com, critic Christy Lemire praised the photography and Wright and Watts' acting, but critiqued the story's descent into melodrama.

Lemire added, "'Adore' is decadent fantasy fulfillment masquerading as a declaration of feminist independence.

Somewhere in here is a message about the importance of remaining sexy and vital in your 40s—about asserting your own identity once more after decades of being defined as someone's wife and someone's mother.

"[7] In a review for Grantland, Wesley Morris called the film "an enjoyably shallow movie.