Movieo
Poster for Married Life

Married Life

Do you know what really goes on in the mind of the person with whom you sleep?

2008 · 1h 30m · PG-13 Crime, Drama, Romance
Directed by Ira Sachs

Seen it?

Overview

A very gentle middle-aged man is married, but when he falls in love with another woman, he decides that to divorce his wife would humiliate her too much – so instead he decides to kill her.

Director and cast

Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

Top critics, in their words

All reviews
54%
Tomatometer
Fresh

It looks beautiful, and the convoluted plotting is initially the right side of Hitchcock pastiche, but the central conundrum is teased out over so many twists and false climaxes that ultimately it's a shrug, not a shock, which greets the denouement.

Paul Fairclough, Time Out
Fresh

Sachs combines humor, suspense, and twists of plot that keep the ground shifting under our feet.

Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Rotten

It's as dry as the martinis these well-dressed stiffs keep ordering at that perfectly preserved oak, leather and velvet bar before hopping into their vintage convertibles.

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten

It oscillates between stale period piece and unengaging melodrama, coyly seducing viewers with the potential it fails to fulfill.

Kevin Craft, Miami Herald
Fresh

Offers audiences movie pleasures, as well as emotionally authentic challenges.

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

Comments

Talk about the film with other members

More films