The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

  • Crime
  • Drama
10/13/1989
124
R

Lust...Murder...Dessert. Bon Appetit!

The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.

Revenue:
$7,724,701
Budget:
$2,300,000

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  • talisencrw

    Having previously watched Greenaway's 'Prospero's Books', basically from the same era, one definitely gets a sense of the auteur, of great visualizing prowess in the Welsh native. I adore watching Helen Mirren from ANY era, but particularly here, in between the young adulthood beauty she displayed in Michael Powell's 'Age of Consent', through the remarkably absurd and audacious 'Caligula', straight to the sophisticated and very dangerous gorgeousness displayed in 'The Comfort of Strangers'.

    It's great to see any dude who's mean to a beautiful woman get their comeuppance (particularly the wealthy--it offers a sort of 'wish fulfillment' for the 99% of us), and the climax here is one of cinema's most articulate presentation of that phenomen...

    May 2, 2016

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