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(1 - 19) of 19 OFCS Rating: 63% Fresh Page   1   2/5 "In many ways, Married Life is a Coen Brothers knock-off without a bit of the boys' accomplishment or bravado."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron B- "There's gentile satire here, to go along with suspense and sexual intrigue, but the tone of the piece stays too melodramatic to hit its potential to resonate. Every actor pours on his or her best, in a tempered showcase movie that's worth seeing."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Richard's version is exceptionally insidious, which makes Married Life at once fascinating and unsurprising."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "...a small, low-key drama that's agreeable enough and ultimately elevated by the uniformly superb performances."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B- "Never says much about the marital institution that is fresh."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz C "Married life has its ups and downs, and so does this movie. Unfortunately, more of the latter than the former."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/4 "Married Life has enough plot twists and moments of high tension to keep the viewer engaged, but the main points of interest are the characters."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "Director Ira Sachs plays it wistful not wayward, sticking to essential melodrama and tidy infidelities while dropping narrative cherry bombs for calculated effect."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth "Sachs combines humor, suspense, and twists of plot that keep the ground shifting under our feet."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards "Screens within screens, frames within frames -- that's the simplest way of approaching Married Life's allusive/elusive roundelay."   House Next Door   Keith Uhlich 3.5/5 "[Pierce] Brosnan, by the way, should be happy to have left the bonds of being Bond if he continues picking roles this wisely."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner "The performances from this extraordinary cast are as sumptuous as you'd expect, but they disappear into a wisp of insignificance."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson C+ "Doesn't have much to say about marriage other than that it's complex, and often fraught with disappointment, deception and conflicting urges."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager C+ "This is a period melodramatic potboiler that has an OK (though predictable) story arc and benefits from its exemplary cast and terrific attention to post-WW II New York detail in costume and set."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 7/10 "Step back to the guilt and self recrimination of the 1940s film noir in a cozy nest of plotting, cyanide and the best friend's lover. Those subject to nostalgia will love this pot boiler every step of the way."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson B "It's all quite deftly played with a maturity and introspection that may take you by surprise..."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 3/4 "I suspect Hitchcock would enjoy watching this slow-churning thriller, which pilfers a few of the master's storytelling tricks as it revels in its own dark heart."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell 3/4 "A sly, pitch-black domestic manifesto that's scabrous enough to suggest that if you design your own cage, you'll forget that you're trapped."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 19) of 19 OFCS Rating: 63% Fresh Page   1