Glenn Close’s performance was natural and hierarchical, step by step the process of "The Wife"’s inner collapse, making people sigh that ginger is still hot. "The Wife" also attempts to criticize the unfair reality of female writers in the patriarchal society, and even all female talents that are difficult to display and face up to. Glenn Close also interprets this "sense of depression"
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The film has the coldness and restraint characteristic of Nordic movies. The director abandoned the victim's tone to talk about feminism, and grinds the hardships of women in long marriages into powder and puts them in every frame. It makes people feel bitter but heartbroken. At the end of the film, the protagonist's accusation after awakening is advanced and powerful. Glenn’s powerful performance completely compensated for the weakness of the script’s simple structure
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