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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
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Married Life congratulates its audience on a sophisticated, humorous complicity in the obvious immorality of Harry's murder plans, as well as in Richard's own ungentlemanly designs on his pal's gorgeous girl. Every adult, the movie suggests, has got a secret. Full Review
Metascore
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65
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Featured Cast
Richard, Richard Langley
Harry, Harry Allen
Pat, Pat Allen
Kay Nesbitt, Kay
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Pierce Brosnan in "Married Life" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Patricia Clarkson, left, and Chris Cooper in "Married Life" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Rachel McAdams, left, and Chris Cooper in "Married Life" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Rachel McAdams in "Married Life" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Rachel McAdams, left, and Pierce Brosnan in "Married Life" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Patricia Clarkson in "Married Life" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Pierce Brosnan in "Married Life" (Sony Pictures Classics)
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