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The Wife is a 2017 drama film directed by Björn L. Runge and written by Jane Anderson, based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Meg Wolitzer.It stars Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, and Christian Slater, and follows a woman (Close) who questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband (Pryce), who is set to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.. The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2017, and was theatrically released in ...
Sep 28, 2018 · The Wife: Directed by Björn Runge. With Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons, Christian Slater. A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm to see her husband receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
In her New York Times review, Clare Dederer calls The Wife "..a light-stepping, streamlined novel" that in spite of rage being its signature emotion, "is also very funny". She concludes, "if The Wife is a puzzle and an entertainment, it's also a near heartbreaking document of feminist realpolitik." Publishers Weekly also provided a positive review: " Wolitzer's crisp pacing and dry wit carry us headlong into a devastating message about the price of love and fame.
Behind any great man, there's always a greater woman - and you're about to meet her. Joan Castleman (Glenn Close): a highly intelligent and still-striking beauty - the perfect devoted wife.Forty years spent sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to fan the flames of her charismatic husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his skyrocketing literary career.Ignoring his infidelities and excuses because of his "art" with grace and humour.
Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) is the perfect devoted wife. Forty years spent sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to fan the flames of her charismatic husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his skyrocketing literary career. Ignoring his infidelities and excuses because of his "art" with grace and humor. Their fateful pact has built a marriage upon uneven compromises and Joan's reached her breaking point. On the eve of Joe's Nobel Prize for Literature, the crown jewel in a spectacular ...
A critic from The Times of India wrote that "All said, ‘The Wife’ remains true to its genre but the pace of the film seems exhausting because it takes too much time for the big reveal. Though for a horror and suspense film, it manages to give you only a few spooks". A critic from Zee5 wrote that "Overall, the film makes for an engaging watch with a lot more to offer in terms of horror than just jump-scares". A critic from Zoom wrote that "All in all, The Wife isn't the horror film you ...
After nearly forty years of marriage, JOAN and JOE CASTLEMAN (Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce) are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant.
Aug 16, 2018 · “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. Adapted from Meg ...
Aug 17, 2018 · Christy Lemire. Christy Lemire is a longtime film critic who has written for RogerEbert.com since 2013. Before that, she was the film critic for The Associated Press for nearly 15 years and co-hosted the public television series "Ebert Presents At the Movies" opposite Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, with Roger Ebert serving as managing editor.
Aug 17, 2018 · After nearly forty years of marriage, Joan and Joe Castleman (Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce) are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, grace, charm, and diplomacy into the private role of Great Man’s Wife. Joe is about to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his acclaimed and prolific body of work. Joe’s literary star has blazed ...
