The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover has generally received very positive reviews.
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Review of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 01 Jan 2000
Review of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover was released in 1989 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 522 reviews, giving The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) an average rating of 75%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 87%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 77%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover than critics were.
With a score of 75%, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1989, which stands at 57%.
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