Wife

Wife (1995)

  • 82% of users liked it
    (82 ratings)

Two dysfunctional marriages are dissected during an impromptu dinner party in this drama. Just as New Age therapists Rita and Jack are preparing to eat dinner they are interrupted by Cosmo, their patient, and his flighty wife Arlie. Jack and Rita are uncomfortable about breaching their professional… More

R, 1 hr. 43 min.
Directed By
Tom Noonan
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Aug 16, 1996 Wide
On DVD
Apr 6, 1999
New Video Group

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, Variety

    A follow-up to Tom Noonan's impressive debut, The Wife is a bizarre, often provocative, serio-comic dissection of marraige as a fragile yet universal institution; an ambitious art film that's not quite emotionally satisfying.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    I think this material benefits from being filmed. It craves the closeups. Four people on a stage would be too far away.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Stephen E


    Tom Noonan should get back into making films. Both "What Happened Was..." and "The Wife" are interesting and well-written, but sadly, no one's heard of either of them. I enjoyed "The Wife." Each actor does a great, great job and Noonan's… More

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