Wife, The

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Synopsis

Drama. Based on the novel by Meg Woltzer. While accompanying her husband (Jonathan Pryce) to Sweden to receive the 1992 Nobel Prize for literature, a woman (Glenn Close) begins to question her relationship with him.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive, some in a sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent references to and portrayals of sexual activity - no nudity, little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of tobacco and alcohol use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Resentment and regret
• Appearance versus reality
• The artistic temperament

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language and sexual activity

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