Movie: The Wife (2018)***

In The Wife, Glen Close illustrated "the act" that so many women have to do. That we're okay with what's happening around us - sometimes acting as if appalling and offensive behavior is not out of the ordinary. "Oh! Look at little Billy peeing in your rose bushes! Those boys!" 

The Wife & Collette (2018) were about women who were talked into being overshadowed by their male partners. Allowing their skills to be overtaken. What The Wife brought to the similar stories was a sense of seriousness and focus. Flashbacks of the younger version of the wife were played by Close's daughter and painted a picture for the audience of how it came to be. But Close's skill showed us how it boiled over and the relief she felt once the truth was revealed. Close's performance was a masterclass of facial expression, contorting her face into a plastic contentment tinged with pain and disgust.

See The Wife, if you haven't already because of the powerful acting it offers the audience, but also see it as a fictional creative piece straight out of the Me Too era.