The Husband

2013

1 hr. 20 min.

Comedy

Drama

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83%

6 Reviews

Tomatometer

44%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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A man is left to care for his infant son when his wife is imprisoned for having sex with a minor.

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I 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.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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McDonald 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.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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The 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.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Bruce McDonald

Director

Maxwell McCabe-Lokos

Henry Andreas

Sarah Allen

Alyssa Andreas

Dylan Authors

Colin Nesmith

August Diehl

Rusty

Joey Klein

Les

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Geoff Pevere

Globe and Mail

This is the kind of thoughtful, confident and seamlessly integrated filmmaking that comes from an uncommon fusion of artist and subject ...

Rated: 3/4

Mar 14, 2014

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

McDonald isn't seeking to make explosive drama about a human time bomb, preferring to show the many mood swings of real life.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 13, 2014

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Nathalie Atkinson

National Post

Dark 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?

Rated: 3/4

Mar 20, 2014

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Katherine Monk

Canada.com

McCabe-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.

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 13, 2014

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a sporadically compelling yet thoroughly underwhelming little drama...

Rated: 2/4

Oct 28, 2013

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Nikola Grozdanovic

The Playlist

If 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.

Rated: B

Oct 18, 2013

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Synopsis

A man is left to care for his infant son when his wife is imprisoned for having sex with a minor.

Director: Bruce McDonald
Screenwriter: Kelly Harms, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English