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The Wife (2018)

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The Wife (2018)

Overview

A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
7.6

Overview

A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Apple TV logoApple TV
Google Play logoGoogle Play
Fandango
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The film's central thesis explicitly promotes progressive ideology by critically examining the systemic suppression of female intellectual and creative talent within a patriarchal marriage and society, ultimately championing a woman's reclaiming of her agency and identity.

The film features traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps. However, its narrative strongly critiques traditional gender roles and male privilege within the literary world, focusing on a woman's unacknowledged contributions and sacrifices.

Secondary

The film "The Wife" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses primarily on a heterosexual marriage, professional recognition, and family dynamics, without engaging with queer identity or experiences.

The film 'The Wife' centers on the complex marriage of a celebrated author and his wife, exploring themes of ambition, sacrifice, and infidelity. The narrative does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or themes, focusing instead on the dynamics within the central relationship.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The film "The Wife" is an adaptation of a novel. All major characters, including Joan and Joe Castleman, maintain the same gender as established in the source material. There are no instances of a character canonically established as one gender being portrayed as a different gender.

The film "The Wife" is an adaptation of a novel where the characters' races were not explicitly defined but were implicitly white based on context. The film portrays all main characters as white, consistent with the source material's implied racial background. No character established as one race was portrayed as a different race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.6

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.2
The Movie Database logo
7.1

Critic Ratings

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8.5
Metacritic logo
7.7

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