Rent The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)
3.6 of 5 from 191 ratings
1h 44min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- The Cook serves up gourmet masterpieces in a beautiful restaurant. The thief holds his tyrannical court in the restaurant, terrorising all around him. His wife has a dangerous and illicit passion. Her lover is having the riskiest affair of his life.
- Actors:
- Richard Böhringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth, Ciarán Hinds, Gary Olsen, Ewan Stewart, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ron Cook, Liz Smith, Emer Gillespie, Janet Henfrey, Arnie Breeveld, Tony Alleff, Paul Russell, Alex Kingston, Ian Sears, Willie Ross, Ian Dury
- Directors:
- Peter Greenaway
- Producers:
- Kees Kasander
- Writers:
- Peter Greenaway
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Getting to Know: Helen Mirren, Remembering Michael Gambon
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 04/07/2016
- Run Time:
- 104 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (2) of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
Delicious! - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover review by DW
An entertaining and darkly comic tale of revenge and cuisine.Difficult to review (without giving away plot spoilers) but if your looking for a film that blends great performances,Greek tragedy,wonderful cinematography with a nice helping of sex and food then look no further!
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A feast for the senses - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover review by TDM
Is this film a horror? A satire? Art house junk making an effort to offend?
Maybe its all three - and your time is well spent letting this sink in and rewatching it (I haven't seen this film in a decade).
Set in four colour coded sets, filled with extravagant costumes via Gautier, the four titular characters take you on a run through comedy, disgust, passion, revenge and hatred.
And yes, this is certainly a film to watch with caution, it contains much that would offend and certainly in the modern times, comes with a trigger warning for abuse.
However the leads are exceptional; pulling off scenes which on paper may sound gratuitously over the top, with expertise and empathy.
You wont look at stellar talent like Mirren and Gambon especially, in the same way again.
I can absolutely understand why this film wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea; taboo subject matter, garish and unflinching visuals filmed in a highly saturated style, perhaps over pretentious, maybe a little dated now?
However, this is a daring, controversial classic starring some of the best talent of a generation and it is worth your time to watch it if you don't mind a little strong content and enjoy being challenged by cinema.
Just perhaps not over dinner....
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