The Wife
2017, drama
100 minutes
A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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10
2018-09-21
With full of twists, The Wife is a wicked and sometimes very brutal film to watch… The dialogues are heartbreaking and thoughtful at the same time. Read more
10
David Whitley of DoubleFeaturePreachers
2019-02-05
Hauntingly subtle and yet hits like a hammer, the movie hangs on Close’s every eyebrow raise.
10
2017-09-22
Full of twists, The Wife is a wicked and sometimes very brutal film to watch… The dialogues are heartbreaking and thoughtful at the same time. Read more
8.0
2018-10-01
Glenn Close delivers such a powerful performance making the unfolding drama completely captivating for the audience. Read more
8.0
2018-09-23
As the plot is so predictable, The Wife is best viewed as a character study and commentary on the ingrained misogyny of our society... Read more
8.0
2018-06-18
Excellent filming, a clever script, uncluttered editing, and a nomination-worthy performance by Close... Read more
7.5
2018-09-16
It is sharply written and packed with tense emotions. When the film is not directly informed by Close’s performance, however, it quickly loses its way. Read more
7.0
2019-02-27
It’s a perfectly pleasant way to spend a couple of hours. The story is intriguing enough to keep your interest, although it plays its hand so early that the simmering suspense element ebbs out of the film. Read more
7.0
2018-09-12
What you’ll remember is Close, delivering, as is her way, a tour de force performance that may finally land Close her own glittering acknowledgment. Read more
7.0
2018-07-30
Her Joan is far too complex to be cast as merely a victim, and through her measured and masterful portrayal Close proves, yet again, that she is one of the greats. Read more
6.0
2018-12-14
Despite the potentiality, this embittered love tale and domestic drama film never exploded because neither of its characters exploded when they needed and were supposed to. Read more
5.0
2018-09-13
A dazzling Glenn Close shines in movie about ghost writing wife and the nature of creative writing; sadly the film is lacklustre in almost every other aspect... Read more
4.0
Shannon Schultz of DoubleFeaturePreachers
2019-02-06
Glenn Close is great in this film and quite honestly is the only thing I didn’t hate about it.
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8.0
2019-09-05
Met een kleine cast en een zeer persoonlijk verhaal weet deze intieme film je mee te slepen in de gebeurtenissen, waarbij je je afvraagt wat er daadwerkelijk gaande is. Een sterke dramafilm over persoonlijke relaties en wat mensen soms voor anderen over hebben om samen bepaalde doelen te bereiken. Read more
8.0
2019-03-27
The Wife is een prachtig geacteerd drama met een werkelijk fenomenale Glenn Close in de hoofdrol. Haar rol van Joan, die al jarenlang in de schaduw staat van haar succesvolle man, maakt diepe indruk en weet de subtiliteit waarmee regisseur Björn Runge zijn verhaal uit de doeken doet over geesten uit het verleden, precies de juiste diepgang te geven. Read more
4.0
2018-11-21
Om Close en Pryce extra te laten stralen worden ze omringd door een ensemble acteurs met veel minder uitstraling. Read more
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