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Synopsis

A wry blend of dark humor, romantic deception, and stylish melodrama--with an invigorating dash of suspense--Married Life is an unconventional fable for grown-ups about the irresistible power and utter madness of love. After decades of marital contentment, Harry concludes that he must kill his wife Pat because he loves her too much to let her suffer when he leaves her. Harry has fallen hard for the young and lovely Kay, but his best friend Richard wants to win Kay for himself. As Harry implements his maladroit plans for murdering his wife, the other characters are entangled with their own deceptions. Like Harry, they race toward their passions but trip over their scruples, seemingly well-intended toward all, but truthful to none. Married Life is an uncommonly adult film that surprises and confounds expectations. Although it plays with mystery, comedy, and intrigue, its ultimate concern is: "What is married life?" In its sly way, Married Life poses perceptive questions about the seasonal discontents and unforeseen joys of all long-term relationships.

Film Information

• Genre: Crime / Drama / Romance
• Director: Ira Sachs
• Written By: Oren Moverman Ira Sachs
• Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, and Rachel McAdams
• Running Time: 90 minutes, approx.
• MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some thematic elements and a scene of sexuality
• Language: English
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Reviews

"In Married Life, Ira Sachs aims a bit lower than Green but obliterates his target: The funny, the scary, the campy, the sad--they're all splendidly of a piece."

   - David Edelstein, New York Magazine

"It's a sly little fable with at least six very obvious homages to Alfred Hitchcock thrillers, and a dark little heart that happily hides under a double-breasted suit."

   - Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News

"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."

   - Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

"To a degree, the dynamic between Brosnan and Cooper resembles Aaron Eckhart and Matt Malloy's relationship from"

   - Scott Tobias, The Onion (A.V. Club)

"A collection of Hitchcock character-types trample over each other to win at love in Married Life, a quirky but entertaining period murder farce."

   - Ryan Stewart, Premiere

Showtimes

• Wednesday, April 30th
  7:00 pm
• Thursday, May 1st
  7:00 pm
• Friday, May 2nd
  4:30 pm, 7:00 pm
• Saturday, May 3rd
  4:30 pm, 7:00 pm
• Sunday, May 4th
  2:00 pm, 4:30 pm
• Monday, May 5th
  7:00 pm, 9:15 pm
• Tuesday, May 6th
  7:00 pm