Married Life (2008)
57 %
Reviews Counted: 91 Fresh: 52 Rotten:39 Average Rating: 6.1/10
Consensus:
Married Life has excellent performances and flashes of dark wit, but it suffers from tonal shifts and uneven pacing.
Runtime: 90 mins
Theatrical Release: Mar 7, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $1,197,472
Synopsis: This melodramatic musing on the trials and tribulations of marriage features a small but talented ensemble cast that includes Patricia Clarkson, Chris Cooper, and Rachel McAdams. Set in 1949, the story opens into a picturesque, affluent suburb where Harry Allen (Chris Cooper) resides... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams, David Wenham
Director: Ira Sachs
Screenwriter: Ira Sachs, Oren Moverman
Producer: Sidney Kimmel, Jawal Nga, Steve Golin, Ira Sachs
Composer: Dickon Hinchliffe
Screenwriter: Ira Sachs, Oren Moverman
Producer: Sidney Kimmel, Jawal Nga, Steve Golin, Ira Sachs
Composer: Dickon Hinchliffe
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An ode to Hollywood movies of the 40s and 50s, with its rich story, its post-war middle class mores of US society, its production design and its characters blundering around a moral dilemma.
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07/18/08
In the end, it feels a bit undercooked, but the actors keep us glued to the screen
07/03/08
It's elegant, unhurried, and, if you meet it half way, softly satisfying ... like the muffled clap of a velvet-covered ring box snapping shut.
06/02/08
I suspect Hitchcock would enjoy watching this slow-churning thriller, which pilfers a few of the master's storytelling tricks as it revels in its own dark heart.
05/02/08
Agreeable, nicely adult entertainment that's satisfying without ever being exciting.
04/22/08
Sachs combines humor, suspense, and twists of plot that keep the ground shifting under our feet.
04/13/08
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Dramatizes the notion that a person's 'burden of conscience' is not an innate reality but a malleable construct, motivated by narcissism.
04/11/08
It's as dry as the martinis these well-dressed stiffs keep ordering at that perfectly preserved oak, leather and velvet bar before hopping into their vintage convertibles.
04/04/08
It's best to ignore these scenes from a marriage; stick with Ingmar Bergman instead.
04/02/08
A sly, pitch-black domestic manifesto that's scabrous enough to suggest that if you design your own cage, you'll forget that you're trapped.
04/02/08
Married Life gives new meaning to the phrase, "'til death do us part."
03/30/08
Ultimately, the movie takes its characters, and the absurd ethical dilemma it subjects them to, far too seriously.
03/28/08
It is a nicely executed, skillfully acted and atmospheric exercise in genre stage craft, but so dry and low-key that it is never really involving.
03/28/08
It oscillates between stale period piece and unengaging melodrama, coyly seducing viewers with the potential it fails to fulfill.
03/28/08
Offers audiences movie pleasures, as well as emotionally authentic challenges.
03/28/08
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