The Wife movie storyline. Tom Noonan’s dark comedy features a husband-and-wife team of psychotherapists who run a New-Age therapy group out in the wilderness. Late one night, Jack and Rita are visited by one of their patients, Cosmo, and his wife, Arlie. Cosmo’s wife has felt “left out,” since her husband spends so much time with the therapists and confides all of their secrets to them. Arlie has insisted on meeting them–the evening begins awkwardly, then painfully grinds on, as various tensions and power struggles emerge between and among the two couples.
The Wife is a 1995 film written and directed by Tom Noonan, based on his play Wifey. The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival, after Noonan had won the Grand Prize the previous year with What Happened Was…
The Wife (1995)
Directed by: Tom Noonan
Starring: Julie Hagerty, Tom Noonan, Wallace Shawn, Karen Young
Screenplay by: Tom Noonan
Production Design by: Daniel Ouellette
Cinematography by: Joe DeSalvo
Film Editing by: Tom Noonan
Costume Design by: Kathryn Nixon
Art Direction by: Sarah Lavery
Music by: Tom Noonan
MPAA Rating: R for language and some nudity.
Distributed by: Artistic License
Release Date: August 16, 1995
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