The Wife

2017
15
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

44K

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Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce in The Wife (2017)

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 body of work, Joan's coup de grace is to confront the biggest sacrifice of her life and secret of his career.

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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.A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm to see her husband receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.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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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

44K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 19 wins & 30 nominations total

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Trivia
Annie Starke, who plays the young Joan, is the daughter of Glenn Close.

Goofs
Linnea is a professional photographer, yet she never adjusts the focus ring when snapping photos. Also, during the rehearsal, she is standing much to close to Joe to get any kind of usable photo.

Quotes
Joan Castleman: I am a kingmaker.

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Glenn Close/Finn Wolfhard/Lauv (2018)

Soundtracks
Everything's Just So Fine
Performed by Dominic Halpin
Written by Dominic Halpin
Published by King of Cups Music (BMI)/Dominic Halpin (APRA)
Courtesy of Noma Music & Capp Records Inc.

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Featured review

8/10

Glenn Close!!

Glenn Close makes this movie to what it is: a superb drama. I really think this movie could have been just avarage, without her acting. Her powerful performance lifts this in a way that draws you into the action, and that you really remember the film afterwards too. I have always liked her, but I have never really understood how truly good she is, before I saw this. See it, if you want to see what good acting is all about, and you won't regret it.