From 1989, The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover is an insane, masterful film, both brutal and elegant at the same time, and with a loaded ending that will be near impossible for anyone to forget. The story is about oafish, inconsiderate and impulse-driven people trying to live a posh and fancy-shmancy lifestyle, and it is the very definition of putting a silk hat on a pig. The Thief (Michael Gambon) is an English mobster who runs a very posh restaurant and throws his weight around, terrorizing everyone in his sight, including his Wife (Helen Mirren), who strikes out against her abusive husband by carrying on an affair. And of course, this is all goes horribly wrong for everyone involved, leading up to the aforementioned insane ending. This movie was originally released unrated, as opposed to be slapped with an X-rating, and is now considered an NC-17 film due to copious amount of sex and nudity and brutal nature of much of the film. So get the kids and pop some popcorn cause this is one you will all remember.
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