Film Review — “The Wife”

Sarah Price
Sep 3, 2018 · 5 min read

The hidden story is always the more interesting one

Like a well-written book flap, the trailers for “The Wife” offered the promise of an engaging experience within. But as is all too common, the execution of the premise didn’t deliver. If this were a better film, I would say that was a clever allegory of the life of the film’s main character, Joan Castleman. Played at once with subtlety and fearsome power by Glenn…

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