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The Wife (2017)
 
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Director:
Björn Runge |
COUNTRY
Sweden
United Kingdom
USA |
GENRE
Drama |
NORWEGIAN TITLE
The
Wife |
RUNNING
TIME
100
minutes |
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Producer:
Rosalie Swedlin
Meta Louise Foldager
Piers Tempest
Piodor Gustafsson
Claudia Bluemhube |
Screenwriter
(based on the novel by Meg Wolitzer):
Jane Anderson |
Review
With its Bergmanesque delve into a
highly interesting married life of the now ageing renowned novelist Joe
Castleman (Jonathan Pryce) and his wife Joan (Glenn Close), The Wife
is a traditional human drama with some original ideas and room for a
multitude of interpretations. The film is a perfect swan song for Close
and Pryce who play off of each other and remind us how even after
several decades of marriage, old patterns prevail and our immature,
insecure, selfish selves are unveiled in front of our mates from time to
time. There's nothing even slightly abnormal about Joe and Joan, and
still their exceptional life-choices have put them in a highly abnormal
situation from which there may not be a way out. Björn Runge's
well-balanced direction gives both room for reflection and hilarity,
including a dab at the stilted Swedish Academy. Christian Slater gives a
fun supporting performance as an importune biographer. That woman
playing the young Joan is Glenn Close's real-life daughter. Expect a
handful of nominations for Close during the award season.
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