The Husband

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The Husband

2013

1h 20m

Comedy

Drama

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83%

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6 Reviews

44%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A man is left to care for his infant son when his wife is imprisoned for having sex with a minor.

Geoff Pevere

Globe and Mail

Mar 14, 2014

3/4

This is the kind of thoughtful, confident and seamlessly integrated filmmaking that comes from an uncommon fusion of artist and subject ...

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Mar 13, 2014

3/4

McDonald isn't seeking to make explosive drama about a human time bomb, preferring to show the many mood swings of real life.

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Nathalie Atkinson

National Post

Mar 20, 2014

3/4

Dark and sometimes tender, The Husband is the grim, realistic flip side of a what if - what if Notes on a Scandal focused solely on the drudgery of the husband's life in the wake of the betrayal?

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Katherine Monk

Canada.com

Mar 13, 2014

3.5/5

McCabe-Lokos wrote the script for this stripped-down piece of psychological suspense that gets to the bony heart of love. And to his credit, he doesn't mind looking unsympathetic and cruel, even completely irresponsible.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Oct 28, 2013

2/4

...a sporadically compelling yet thoroughly underwhelming little drama...

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Nikola Grozdanovic

The Playlist

Oct 18, 2013

B

If you find yourself in the mood for a black comedy about a guy who is definitely worse off than you are right now, The Husband is that guy.

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Han W

Jul 3, 2017

I saw this on a television movie channel tonight. I think that it is an exceptional representation of how impotent anger can metamorphose into mental illness. This is a movie with real insight into the human condition and the perversity of anger.

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Synopsis

A man is left to care for his infant son when his wife is imprisoned for having sex with a minor.

Director: Bruce McDonald
Producer: Daniel Bekerman, Cherilyn Hawrysh
Screenwriter: Kelly Harms, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 20m

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