
Henry is married, has a son, and a decent job in advertising. Trouble is, his wife is in jail for sleeping with a 14 year-old boy. Struggling to keep it together and prepare for her release, a chance encounter with the boy - his rival - sends Henry on a path of self destruction.... (Full plot summary below)
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Henry is married, has a son, and a decent job in advertising. Trouble is, his wife is in jail for sleeping with a 14 year-old boy. Struggling to keep it together and prepare for her release, a chance encounter with the boy - his rival - sends Henry on a path of self destruction.
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| The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicIf 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. |
| National PostNathalie AtkinsonDark 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? |
| Toronto StarPeter HowellMcDonald isn't seeking to make explosive drama about a human time bomb, preferring to show the many mood swings of real life. |
| Canada.comKatherine MonkMcCabe-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. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...a sporadically compelling yet thoroughly underwhelming little drama... |
| User ReviewTom GI 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. |
| User ReviewJohn BMcDonald didn't receive the acclaim that he should have for directing an evolving Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, often unsuccessfully through emotions he must bare following a crime committed by his wife that lands her in jail. An ordinary man tires to deal with extraordinary circumstances. |
| User ReviewMatt MThe Husband pains the uncomfortable picture of a husband and father of a baby whose wife is spending time in jail for having sex with a teenage boy. Now that she is about to get out of jail, poor henry finds himself deeply conflicted. Making matters worse is the fact that he meets him casually one day and grows an unhealthy stalking obsession towards him. McDonald's film is uneasy yet its premise is very original. In fact, the awkwardness of the storyline isn't a problem. It is rather disappointing, on the other hand, that the film really offers very little to follow up on the strangeness of the initial premise. In the end, The Husband is simply a dull film that has nothing much to offer apart from a credible performance by Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, who also wrote the script, in the leading role. |