Only then the wife in which the husband joke awesome and literally joined and Nobel prize winner is regaling admirers with the story the wife of the guy looks at him from across the room and signals that he has crumbs in his beard he follows her instructions and squeaky brakes them dynamic is clear he's the star she's the babysitter holds his school to make sure he takes his medicine on time and socks in the herd when he casually has affairs and yet when a slimy boy who desperately wants to die chose biography questions about it she says don't think me as a victim and much more interesting than that interesting doesn't even begin to describe it Joe played masterfully by Glenn close resembles a calm sea that has tectonic plates shifting and a tsunami brewing beneath the surface begins with a phone call when she finds out that he's won the Nobel prize insist that she get on the extension so she can hear the news with him my 5 yr old observe Jones expressions closely underneath the happens in pride, there's something fails and furious, besides expressions and body language clothes brilliantly captures joan's layer and secrets, she never spells out anything, but when you discover what these secrets are, you will want to rewatch the film to see how perfectly should mean I can see in her drama. The life has been adapted by Swedish director, beyond room gate from mega wall. It says 2003 novel. But the performances follow the film giving it an emotionally gripped but doesn't let up Jonathan Pryce is Joe offers phone support to close Joe is narcissistic and selfish pretties also fragile and some part of him is intensely devoted the job Christian Slater is perfectly pitched as a sleaze ball journalist who will go to any extent to insert himself into the family and get the book he wants at one point he convince his job to get a drink with him the interaction with her family pushing him back into his place is delicious the action also cuts back to 1958 when Jo and Jo first met when she was a student at Smith college and her writing professor closes a younger version of his fame by any stockholder life daughter and Jeremy on the sun max signs please the Gotham and son David who is a struggling writer desperate for a word of encouragement from his father much of the action takes place in Stockholm with the gaussian go for the Nobel prize ceremony don't for about the city in December with sweeping top shots young captures the snowy beauty but his real strength is the performance as he listened the scenes he's stages especially the climactic showdown between husband and wife Jocelyn pook background school adds to the melancholy the wife is an inside into long relationships the way men and women and hurt each other there are moments here that all husbands and wives will recognize the biggest reason to see this film the power of Glenn close she's won her 7th Oscar nomination for this performance if you're the type of bets on these awards I recommend you put your money on clothes this is going to be hurt I'm going with 4 stars.