Married Life (film)

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This article is about the 2008 film. For the unrelated novel, see Married Life (novel). For the television series, see Married Life.

Married Life

Directed by	Ira Sachs
Produced by	William Horberg Alix Madigan David Nicksay Adam Shulman
Written by	Oren Moverman & Ira Sachs (screenplay) John Bingham {novel}
Starring	Chris Cooper Patricia Clarkson Pierce Brosnan Rachel McAdams
Music by	Dickon Hinchliffe
Cinematography	Peter Deming
Editing by	Affonso Gonçalves
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release date(s)	March 7, 2008 (limited)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$12 million
IMDb profile

Married Life (working title: Marriage) is drama film directed by Ira Sachs. The film is based on the 1953 John Bingham pulp mystery novel, Five Roundabouts to Heaven. The cast includes Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Patricia Clarkson and Rachel McAdams. The story is set in an unnamed Pacific Coast city in 1949.^[1] The MPAA rated the film PG-13 for some thematic elements and a scene of sexuality.^[2]

1 Plot summary
2 Production
3 Cast
4 Critical reception
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Plot summary

“	It's the story of a middle-aged man who is married, and who falls in love with another woman, but he's such a gentle figure, so he decides that to divorce his wife would humiliate her too much, so it's better to kill her.	”
—Director Ira Sachs on the film's story.^[3]

[edit] Production

The film was shot between July 21, 2006 and October 26, 2006 in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[4]

[edit] Cast

Chris Cooper as Harry Allen
Patricia Clarkson as Pat Allen
Rachel McAdams as Kay
Pierce Brosnan as Richard Langley
David Wenham as John O'Brien

[edit] Critical reception

The film received mixed to generally favorable reviews from critics. As of March 7, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 56% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 25 reviews.^[5] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 66 out of 100, based on 7 reviews.^[6]