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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Lust...Murder...Dessert. Bon Appetit!
Lust...Murder...Dessert. Bon Appetit!
Crime, Drama - 1989
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
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7.6
85%
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The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.
Director:
,
Peter Greenaway
Cast:
,
Alan Howard
,
Richard Bohringer
,
Ewan Stewart
,
Tim Roth
,
Ron Cook
,
Michael Gambon
,
Ciarán Hinds
,
Helen Mirren
,
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
,
Gary Olsen

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Rated:
X
Runtime:
124 min
Release date:
13 Oct 1989
Country:
FR, NL, GB
Languages:
English
Budget:
$2,300,000
Revenue:
$7,724,701
Awards:
7 wins & 11 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Greenaway, the bemused, coolly ironic truth-teller, has painted a cruel portrait for a cruel time.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
It doesn't simply make a show of being uncompromising -- it is uncompromised in every single shot from beginning to end.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
A work so intelligent and powerful that it evokes our best emotions and least civil impulses, so esthetically brilliant that it expands the boundaries of film itself.
– Caryn James,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
For a Jacobean-style drama about deadly emotions, the film lacks passion; only in the final half-hour, with Michael Nyman's funereal music supplying a welcome gravity, does it at last exert a stately power.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Albert is one of the ugliest characters ever brought to the screen. Ignorant, over-bearing and violent, it's a gloriously rich performance by Gambon.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
18 Oct 2008
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