The Scoundrel's Wife

Name: The Scoundrel's Wife
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: April 25, 2003
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 55

2003

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First Look International | Release Date: April 25, 2003 | R

Summary: Based on true stories of the Cajun homefront during World War II, when German U-boats threatened the American coast.

Director: Glen Pitre

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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Merle Bertrand

An unusual tale about an often over-glorified era from our past, The Scoundrel's Wife exposes wartime America's sordid small town underbelly in a captivating, even entertaining manner. Read full review

Roger Ebert

The movie is finally just a little too ungainly, too jumbled at the end, for me to recommend, but it has heart, and I feel a lot of affection for it. Read full review

J.R. Jones

Scripted by Pitre and his wife, Michelle Benoit, this is more interesting for its historical setting than for its rather wooden drama, but Tim Curry gives a pretty good performance as the town's whiskey priest. Read full review

Allison Benedikt

The shame is that Pitre, shooting entirely in his home state, wasn't more engaged himself. His intimate connection to the people, place and story, which certainly inspired him to write the film in the first place, is wasted. Read full review

Joe Leydon

A bland gumbo of wartime intrigue and home-front soap opera in the bayou country of Louisiana. Read full review

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