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The Wife
2017
· Movie
· 99 min
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1520
- IMDb #1798
- Google retired #1850
- Rotten Tomatoes #1606
- Metacritic #1175
- Letterboxd #2335
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1538
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2083
- Metacritic Critics #870
- Metacritic Audience #1930
- Kinopoisk #1782
- AlloCiné #1699
Every rating
62–86
out of 100
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.
Details
- Director
- Björn Runge
- Writer
- Jane Anderson
- Based on
- The Wife by Meg Wolitzer
- Released
- 17 August 2017
- Country
- Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Swedish
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $7.0M
- Box office
- $20.0M
- Awards
- 13 wins, 12 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (30) →
Awards & nominations
See all 25 →4 major awards won · 13 wins from 25 nominations across 22 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2019 | Best Actress | Glenn Close | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 2019 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Glenn Close | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2019 | Best Female Lead | Glenn Close | Winner |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2019 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Glenn Close | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2019 | Best Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| AACTA International Awards 2019 | Best Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2019 | Best Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2019 | Actress Defying Age and Ageism | Glenn Close | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Glenn Close | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Glenn Close | Winner |
Independent Spirit Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Female Lead | Glenn Close | Winner |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Glenn Close | Winner |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Glenn Close | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jonathan Pryce | Winner |
Women's Image Network Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film Actress | Glenn Close | Winner |
| Best Film Written By a Woman | Jane Anderson | Winner |
Hollywood Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Glenn Close | Winner |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Icon Award | Glenn Close | Winner |
San Diego Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Glenn Close | Winner |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama | Glenn Close | Winner |
Women Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| The Invisible Woman Award | Glenn Close | Winner |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2 nominations
| Actress Defying Age and Ageism | Glenn Close | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
AACTA International Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Glenn Close | Nominee |
Film by the Sea Festival
1 nomination
| Best Film and Literature | The Wife | Nominee |
Florida Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
Gotham Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle
1 nomination
| Actress of the Year | Glenn Close | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Glenn Close | Nominee |