The Artist's Wife

2019
R
1h 34m

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5.9/10

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Lena Olin and Bruce Dern in The Artist's Wife (2019)

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Claire Smythson, wife of the renowned abstract artist Richard Smythson, is plunged into a late-life crisis when her husband is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and is in danger of not comp... Read allClaire Smythson, wife of the renowned abstract artist Richard Smythson, is plunged into a late-life crisis when her husband is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and is in danger of not completing the paintings for his final show.Claire Smythson, wife of the renowned abstract artist Richard Smythson, is plunged into a late-life crisis when her husband is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and is in danger of not completing the paintings for his final show.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

374

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5westsideschl

Paintings Looked Cheap

About getting old, Alzheimer's, love, being rich & spoiled, but in seeing this I think of & compare to the billions who suffer short lives w/disease & poverty. Priorities. Paintings shown were a lot of cheap splotches of rectangles. Better to hire any number of real artist's like the clavadetcher consortium of struggling artists.

9chermcguire

Beautiful!

Wonderful story, terrific acting, great music. Love Lena Olin...she is so authentic! Story is a realization of what will happen to many spouses. For a mature audience.

5deborah-99172

Disappointing

I couldn't help but think of the movie The Wife as I watched this film. I think I preferred the scenario of that one over this, in terms of the wife's "rescuing" of her husband's career. It just pains me to see a woman satisfied with the lack of recognition. I think I've had my fill of egocentric "brilliant" artists who suck all the air out of the room. I'd like to see this story line fade into the past.

8unclehud

Is this my future?

Excellent treatment of aging and slowly losing control of one's life. Ms Olin is fabulous, and Mr Dean is Impressive. Not for the faint of heart.

hupkabupka

Snoozefest

It was so boring, self-indulgent and annoying that I had to skip ahead several times and there was just more boring and annoying self-indulgence. Watching paint dry is more entertaining than this.

I suppose if you're an actor you might like this. I can't imagine anyone else enjoying it. Leno Olin's voice droning on and on and on just put me off completely.