it is a fascinating and bravura performance from Glenn Close, in this hugely enjoyable dark comedy, "The Wife" from director Bjorn Runge; It is a smart, supremely watchable and entertaining film, and Close gives a wonderful star turn
an extraordinary performance lifts an ordinary movie; gives one of the richest, most riveting and complicated performances of her career. [Glenn] Close is so extraordinary
a reasonably satisfying literary drama; Bjorn Runge's film is a brightly lit, bluntly appealing solid; Without Glenn Close, "The Wife" wouldn't be much to write home about