| The Wife | |
| Director: | Tom Noonan |
| Music: | Tom Noonan (as Ludovico Sorret) |
| Cinematography: | Joe DeSalvo |
| Editing: | Tom Noonan (as Richmond Arrley) |
| Distributor: | Artistic License |
| Runtime: | 119 min. |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
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.[1]
Jack and his wife Rita, both professional therapists, live and work in virtual isolation in a remote Vermont cottage. One night, one of Jack's patients, Cosmo, unexpectedly turns up with young wife Arlie in tow. And the more the couples talk and drink, the more tension builds over what personal issues are being shared in analysis, as well as the private troubles of the therapists themselves.
Stephen Holden of The New York Times gave the film a mixed review: