The Wife
The Wife
The Wife
The Wife
Directed by:
Björn RungeScreenplay:
Jane AndersonCinematography:
Ulf BrantåsComposer:
Jocelyn PookCast:
Jonathan Pryce, Glenn Close, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Harry Lloyd, Alix Wilton Regan, Karin Franz Körlof, Michael Benz, Carolin Stoltz, Annie Starke (more)Plots(1)
Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) has spent forty years sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to support her charismatic husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his stellar literary career. Ignoring infidelities and excuses made in the cause of his art, she has put up with his behaviour with undiminished grace and humour. The foundations of their marriage have, however, been built upon a set of uneven compromises and Joan has reached a turning point. On the eve of Joe's Nobel Prize for Literature, the crown jewel rewarding a spectacular body of work, Joan will confront the biggest sacrifice of her life and some long-buried secrets. Based on the bestselling book by Meg Wolitzer, The Wife is a poignant, funny and emotional journey, a celebration of womanhood, self-discovery and liberation. (Spirit Entertainment)
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Those who went through a similar story of grandparents in their own family will certainly understand the context and the acting exertion of Glenn Close. She really sacrificed herself for this movie with her performance. Otherwise, it is a weirdly bleak and gloomy flick that is trying to be funny at times, but that is not 100 % in either respect.
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The film's premise was great, Jonathan Pryce and especially Glenn Close gave great performances, but it somehow wasn’t enough. The pace of the story was painfully slow, and I was a bit bored at times. It might have helped if the creators had added some humor (there was space for that), but every potentially funny scene was concluded by a depressing ending, so the whole film seemed too gray
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A compelling relationship drama. The gradual evolution of the central couple's life together is a very unpleasant picture of years of repressed emotions and gradually bubbling anger, which will inevitably come to a head sooner or later. The plot is terribly simple in essence, yet extremely engaging and intense, especially in the brilliant dialogue. The strongest link in the chain is undoubtedly Glenn Close, whose performance as the outwardly perfect yet inwardly brutally suffering wife is both breathtaking and hellishly authentic.
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