The Pilot's Wife

TV-14

2002

1 hr. 37 min.

Drama

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A woman (Christine Lahti) discovers her husband (John Heard) was leading a double life after he dies in a plane explosion near Ireland.

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Mary S

I wanted to know what Mattie learns about her brother and sister.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/26/24

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Ronald H

The Pilot's Wife is typical, mediocre TV movie fare, with largely indifferent acting (Christine Lahti being the exception) and run-of-the-mill cinematography and direction. But the mystery is good enough to hold your attention, and Lahti, 52 at the time and still as magnetic as ever, turns in a sincere, believable performance. The film is tinted grey to add a somber look, an annoying habit that directors have done to death. But if you can get past that, you can still enjoy Lahti's work. She commits to the part, even though the material is not worthy of her.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/24

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Audience Member

Christine is top drawer as always but the script is dramatically weak.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Pretty good for a Lifetime movie. I thought Christine Lahti and Alison Pill did a good job of portraying a mother and daughter full of grief and confusion. Many have rated this poorly but it kept my interest for the full 90 minutes.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

well..... the book was good!!

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

I enjoyed this well told story. This one dragged at the beginning, but picksup halfway when Kathryn goes to Ireland to clear her husband's name. The way they handled the story near the end was creative and intriguing. Good ending.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Robert Markowitz

Director

Christine Lahti

Kathryn Lyons

Campbell Scott

Robert Hart

John Heard

Jack Lyons

Alison Pill

Mattie Lyons

Kirsty Mitchell

Muire Boland

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Steven Oxman

Variety

The Pilot's Wife is a good example of a book that screams to be made into a TV movie, and then, once made, screams in horror, or at least in embarrassment, at the result.

Mar 3, 2019

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John Leonard

New York Magazine/Vulture

... genuinely literate about everything from marital secrets to the politics of terror, and director Robert Markowitz has painted it all with a palette of bruised grays.

Feb 2, 2018

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Caffeinated Clint

Moviehole

mislaid in a convoy of motionless direction, lacklustre plotting and a dappled, mystifying amalgamation of sequences.

Apr 27, 2003

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Synopsis

A woman (Christine Lahti) discovers her husband (John Heard) was leading a double life after he dies in a plane explosion near Ireland.

Director: Robert Markowitz
Executive Producer: Stephanie Germain, Judith A. Polone
Screenwriter: Anita Shreve, Christine Berardo
Production Co: Stephanie Germain Productions, Miramax, Mandalay Entertainment, Lionsgate Television, imX Communications
Rating: TV-14 (S|L|D), PG-13
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 20, 2019

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