A potentially chilly study of domestic abuse is undermined by a structural fussiness that precludes dramatic flow. Furthermore, by imposing detached objectivity, Philip Gröning eschews any rationale for the violence or the victim’s docility.
The Police Officer’s Wife Review
From the outside, policeman Uwe (Zimmerschied) and his wife Christine (Finder) seem to be a model couple, with their young daughter and veneer of domestic bliss, but Christine's bruises hint at a darker side to their relationship.
Release Date:
22 Aug 2014
Running Time:
175 minutes
Certificate:
15
Original Title:
Police Officer’s Wife, The
Divided into 59 chapters but feeling more like 590, Gröning's drama is long, staccato and offers little by way of dramatic satisfaction.
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