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Married Life
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PG13,1hr 30min
Released:
March 7, 2008
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Sony Classics
Synopsis: After entering into a passionate affair with a much younger woman, an unhappily married man resorts to murder as a means of sparing his frigid wife the humiliation of divorce in director Ira Sachs' suspenseful film noir. Set in the 1940s, Marriage tells the tale of Harry (Chris Cooper) -- a man whose faithful but emotionally distant wife (Patricia Clarkson) has become all but impossible to love. Smitten by the beautiful Kay (Rachel McAdams) but ultra-sensitive to the shame associated with divorce, ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
Todd McCarthy, Variety.com
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"... a period domestic drama that never quite decides if it wants to be a credible marital study, a noirish melodrama or a sly comedy." Full Review
Michael Buening
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The well acted but slight Married Life appears to be an excuse for lousy marriage jokes. Harry (Chris Cooper) tries poisoning sex-hungry Pat (Patricia Clarkson) in order to be free to marry his girlfriend, ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Richard, Richard Langley
Harry, Harry Allen
Pat, Pat Allen
Kay Nesbitt, Kay
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