The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) Reviews & Ratings

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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover reviews

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover holds a 7.3/10 average from 747 TMDB ratings.

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 sophistica…
— talisencrw (9/10)

When churlish mobster Albert Spica acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with his bad manners. His wife, Georgina, is especially disgusted by him, and soon begins an affair with regular guest Michael. Despite their best efforts to keep it secret, Spica learns about their trysts, and he plots a terrible revenge.

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