The Wife, rated R
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The Wife is a well-acted film featuring an Oscar nominated performance by Glenn Close that is marred by a large amount of adult language. The film is directed by Bjorn Runge and written by three-time Emmy winner Jane Anderson (Olive Kitteridge, The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom), based on the novel The Wife by Meg Wolitzer.
The film takes place in 1992. Joseph Castleman, played by Golden Globe nominee Jonathan Pryce (Barbarians at the Gate), can’t sleep as he anticipates a call he may get notifying him that he has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Continue reading →