Married Life (2008)

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Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Mar 7, 2008

Running Time: 90 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams, David Richmond-Peck, David Wenham, Annabel Kershaw, Sheila Paterson, Erin Boyes, Elijah St. Germain

director: Ira Sachs

Married Life

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Harry decides he must kill his wife Pat because he loves her too much to let her suffer when he leaves her. Harry and his much-younger girlfriend Kay are head over heels in love, but his best friend Richard wants to win Kay for himself. As Harry implements his awkward plans for murdering his wife, the other characters are occupied with their own deceptions. Like Harry, they are overwhelmed by their passions, but still struggle to avoid hurting others.

Stuck somewhere between a dark comedy and a thriller, director Ira Sachs' Married Life doesn't really work as either, leaving its strong cast adrift.

Story

Over lunch one day in 1949, middle-aged businessman Harry Allen (Chris Cooper) tells his best friend, Rich (Pierce Brosnan), that he's planning on leaving his longtime wife, Pat (Patricia Clarkson). A romantic at heart, Harry thinks practical Pat doesn't love him the right way--unlike his new girlfriend, gentle young war widow Kay (Rachel…