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The Wife
Directed by
Björn Runge
R
2017
1h 40m
[Drama](/on-demand/category/drama)
7.2
85%
76%
7.1
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A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm to see her husband receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Cast of The Wife
Glenn Close
Joan Castleman
Jonathan Pryce
Joe Castleman
Christian Slater
Nathaniel Bone
Max Irons
David Castleman
Harry Lloyd
Young Joe
Annie Starke
Young Joan
Elizabeth McGovern
Elaine Mozell
Johan Widerberg
Walter Bark
Karin Franz Körlof
Linnea
Richard Cordery
Hal Bowman
Jan Mybrand
Arvid Engdahl
Anna Azcárate
Mrs Lindelöf
Peter Forbes
James Finch
Fredric Gildea
Mr Lagerfelt
Jane Garioni
Constance Finch
Alix Wilton Regan
Susannah Castleman
Nick Fletcher
King Gustav
Mattias Nordkvist
Dr Ekeberg
Suzanne Bertish
Dusty Berkowitz
Gráinne Keenan
Carol Castleman
The Wife Ratings & Reviews
The New Republic
Daphne Merkin
The Wife is that increasingly rare offering, a commercially viable film that also makes you rethink your assumptions about talent and who gets to wield it.
San Diego Reader
Scott Marks
Other than the performances, there is nothing here audiences haven't seen more times than they have their own feet.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Close owns this movie, from beginning to end; it's a performance of such intelligence and subtlety that only when the movie is long over do you start wondering about whether the plot holds up.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
It's a fault of the script, not the actors, that "The Wife" hangs on such a preposterous through line.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
What unites the film's two halves - what makes it worth watching, period - is the road Close's Joan travels as she decides whether to reclaim authorship of her own life.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
Close might well receive a seventh Academy Award nomination for The Wife.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
Because the performances are so calculated, the emotional outbursts on which the story hinges fail to make a dramatic impact. And for a film about a novelist, The Wife conveys very little sense of what it's like to read or write.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Runge is very good with actors. It's a pleasure simply to watch Close and Pryce establish such minute and careful gradations of happiness, desolation and exasperation in their scenes together.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
It would be wrong to say Close's performance in "The Wife" is wasted, but it certainly deserves a better movie.
Pajiba
Roxana Hadadi
Glenn Close is female resentment personified in The Wife, a drama about individual ambition, the compromises of marriage, and the bitterness of time.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
"The Wife" offers viewers a chance to observe one of the finest - and most criminally underpraised - actresses of her generation working at the very top of her shrewd, subtle, superbly self-controlled game.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
The story is fine, but the movie features a terrific performance by Jonathan Pryce and a flat-out brilliant one from Glenn Close, who dials up a slow burn for the ages.
RogerEbert.com
Christy Lemire
Swedish director Björn Runge's approach is no-nonsense and workmanlike, perhaps to give these esteemed actors room to swagger and shine, but a bit more imagination and artistry wouldn't have hurt.
leonardmaltin.com
Leonard Maltin
If you admire great acting, The Wife is worth a look. It does not bear scrutiny, but it's not a waste of time when you get to spend quality time with these superb actors.
New York Times
Ben Kenigsberg
"The Wife" pulls off the not inconsiderable feat of spinning a fundamentally literary premise into an intelligent screen drama that unfolds with real juice and suspense.
AV Club
Katie Rife
It's Close's wonderfully subtle characterization of Joan that lifts The Wife above its cliché setups and neat role reversals, which is really rather ironic. Once again, it's the wife doing all the hard work. At least this time, she gets top billing.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Strong acting, especially by Close, helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Emily Yoshida
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Vanity Fair
Richard Lawson
There are many big competitors to be fended off, but Close-so full of fury in The Wife-might have the competitive edge this year. Whatever happens, it will be thrill to watch.
Observer
Rex Reed
Although it's a resonant narrative without much excitement, the film provides Glenn Close with the kind of rich and meaty role she deserves.
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