在这部贤妻剧情片中,根据Meg Wolitzer所著同名小说改编，女主角Joan Castleman是一位文学家的妻子，美丽忠诚、无瑕疵，牺牲了自己的梦想、才华、野心，花费了40年的时间来辅助丈夫，忽略他的不忠，永远表现得体。而随着时间的推移，他们的婚姻也来到破碎的临界点。在诺贝尔文学奖颁奖的前夜，她将面临生命中最大的牺牲，同时也发现了丈夫职业生涯的秘密。
Behind any great man, there's always a greater woman - and you're about to meet her. It is crucial you get to know this woman - many of us already do and don't even realise it. Joan Castleman (Glenn Close): a highly intelligent and still-striking beauty - the perfect devoted wife. Forty years spent sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to fan the flames of her charismatic husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his skyrocketing literary career. Ignoring his infidelities and excuses because of his "art" with grace and humour. Their fateful pact has built a marriage upon uneven compromises. And Joan's reached her breaking point. On the eve of Joe's Nobel Prize for Literature, the crown jewel in a spectacular body of work, Joan's coup de grace is to confront the biggest sacrifice of her life and secret of his career. The Wife is a poignant, funny and emotional journey; a celebration of womanhood, self-discovery and liberation.
72岁的格伦奶奶，值得一座奥斯卡小金人。我们要求一个妻子贤惠，有错吗？。时代悲剧。贤妻：用一生来说服自己。原来你是这样的贤妻。弱者，你的名字叫女人？。信仰爱情的心。黑暗的中的黑暗（这不是影评）。相爱相杀的婚姻毁了谁？又成就了谁？。当我们在谈贤妻的时候我们在谈什么。
