The Wife
2017 · Movie · R · 100 min · ★ 7.1 · 81% critics
A wife travels with her husband to Stockholm, where he is set to receive a major literary honor. As the trip unfolds, she begins to question the choices and compromises that have shaped their long marriage.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-08-17
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (1,124 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy intimate dramas about long marriages, hidden resentment, and quiet self-discovery, with strong performances like Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce; Not for you if you want a fast-moving story or light entertainment, or if you dislike gloomy, tense relationship dramas like Notes on a Scandal.
Pros: Glenn Close shines; strong lead acting; engaging character drama | Cons: story feels unlikely; some supporting roles thin; emotional tension feels forced
Themes
- infidelity
- husband wife relationship
- based on novel or book
- professor
- nobel prize
- stockholm, sweden
- flashback
- author
- writer
- love affair
- extramarital affair
- novelist
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Glenn Close
as Joan Castleman
Jonathan Pryce
as Joe Castleman
Christian Slater
as Nathaniel Bone
Max Irons
as David Castleman
Harry Lloyd
as Young Joe
Annie Starke
as Young Joan
Elizabeth McGovern
as Elaine Mozell
Johan Widerberg
as Walter Bark
Karin Franz Körlof
as Linnea
Richard Cordery
as Hal Bowman
Directed by Björn Runge