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Married Life

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:30:59 -0500

Synopsis: Harry is an older man with a problem - he's fallen in love with a younger woman, and a divorce will humiliate his wife. But while he's plotting to eliminate his spouse, his best friend is making his move. With Rachel McAdams.

Married Life

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:51:24 -0500

This is the U.S. trailer for Married Life, directed by Ira Sachs.

'Married Life' Trailer No. 1: 'Married Life' - Trailer No. 1

Thu, 01 May 2008 07:12:41 -0500

After entering into a passionate affair with a much younger woman, an unhappily married man resorts to murder as a means of sparing his frigid wife the humiliation of divorce in director Ira Sachs' suspenseful film noir. Set in the 1940s, Marriage tells the tale of Harry (Chris Cooper) -- a man whose faithful but emotionally distant wife (Patricia Clarkson) has become all but impossible to love. Smitten by the beautiful Kay (Rachel McAdams) but ultra-sensitive to the shame associated with divorce, Harry opts to poison his wife as a means of allowing the marriage to end with her pride still intact. Harry's scheme soon goes horribly awry, however, when after revealing the plan to his best friend, Richard (Pierce Brosnan), Richard too falls in love with the ethereal young beauty and sets into motion a cunning plan all his own. A serpentine tale of murderous deception, Marriage was co-scripted by director Sachs and screenwriter Oren Moverman. - Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Married Life

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:47:37 -0500

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 (Chris Cooper) concludes that he must kill his wife Pat (Patricia Clarkson) because he loves her too much to let her suffer when he leaves her. Harry has fallen hard for the young and lovely Kay (Rachel McAdams), but his best friend Richard (Pierce Brosnan) 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 towards their passions but trip over their scruples, seemingly well-intended towards all, but truthful to none. Married Life is an uncommonly adult film that surprises and confounds expectations. While it plays with mystery, comedy, and intrigue, its ultimate concern is: What is married life? In its