The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:28
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.4/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Master director Greenaway (THE PILLOW BOOK) outdoes himself with this grisly fairy tale. The thief, Albert Spica, (Gambon) is a gangster, repugnant and boorish, who holds court at the same table in... [More]
Starring: Helen Mirren, Michael Gambon, Richard Bohringer, Alan Howard
Director: Peter Greenaway
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Reviews for The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
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Still the most lavishly offensive of Greenaway's films. Full Review |
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Highly stylized and elegant Jacobean revenge tale over adultery and jealousy that rolls against the taste buds like a mouth full of hot pepper. Full Review |
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The Cook, the Thief. His Wife and Her Lover is a dark and grim morality play about our insatiable appetite for cruelty and power. Full Review |
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Startling and bold!
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Singular and unforgettable, but also grotesque and hyper-inflated; hard to pass up, but harder to sit through.
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