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By Tony S (582) on 12 Jan 2012

Every once in awhile I am utterly amazed by a film. This is one of them…

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By Joshua H (844) on 09 Jan 2012

One of my favorite movies ever, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover is not for everyone…

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By Jacob G (945) on 28 Dec 2011

Brilliantly written, beautifully filmed, frighteningly violent and sexually filthy.... what more could you ask for in a movie…

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By Daniel C (1,809) on 19 Dec 2011

Probably more shocking when I originally saw this over 20 years ago, it still packs a punch…

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By Scott K (649) on 19 Dec 2011

Probably more shocking when I originally saw this over 20 years ago, it still packs a punch…

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By Ng E (32) on 15 Dec 2011

Because it's so different, it's hard for me to judge. It was bizarre at times but that's the point. I'd say it was good overall however…

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By Rob W (461) on 14 Dec 2011

FUCK! disappointing ending, but damn, it's these kinds of movies that get my mirror neurons firing…

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By Felipe M (115) on 05 Dec 2011

Mulher, esposa de um homem grosseiro e violento dono de um restaurante, comeÃ§a um caso de amor com um estranho que frequenta o mesmo local…

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By Blake J (44) on 03 Dec 2011

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and her Lover is one of the most macabre movie experiences I've ever had…

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By Matheus C (287) on 28 Oct 2011

Peter Greenaway's The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a strange grotesque love story…

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By Jens T (504) on 28 Oct 2011

Peter Greenaway's The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a strange grotesque love story…

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By Camille C (27) on 14 Oct 2011

The same story : I was bored after midnight, and saw this incredible movie on Arte (french-german channel). Beautiful…

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By Andy C (1,868) on 05 Oct 2011

Yay, it looks like a painting, i.e. one of those paintings where the artist smears feces on the Virgin Mary to be edgy…

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By Cale W (29) on 30 Sep 2011

I wish that technique this ravishing served something other than an anti-humanist screed…

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By Nina B (123) on 30 Sep 2011

Weirdest cannibalism movie I've seen in a long time…

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By Ricardo R (380) on 22 Sep 2011

Peter Greenaway has created one of the most evil characters on film - the relentlessly cruel, vile, and abusive Albert…

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By William C (881) on 15 Sep 2011

This was infamous in '89 for being uncompromising in its brutality, and was one of the major reasons NC-17 came to be…

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Review of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

By John N (608) on 11 Sep 2011

Great production value and great cast. Michael Gambon gives a powerhouse performance…

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Review of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

By John M (4,356) on 10 Sep 2011

Not his best work (the romance is kinda cheesy, and the costumes are painfully awful), but a weak Greenaway is still a brilliant film…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 12 Aug 2011

[VIDEO ESSAY] ... a masterpiece of British cinema built on several hundred years of literary tradition…

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