The Cook, Cook The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Wonderful surrealistic film - Helen Mirren is great as always

You either get it or you don't. I saw it when it came out and then had the VHS version.Feminists (which I am not) should love the ending.

Among my favorite weird classic films, shocking and funny.

The reason I gave 4 stars only is because this Blu-Ray has no subtitles at all or any special features.

If you have not seen this movie already, think twice before buying this DVD. Instead, wait for a showing at a good art theater, or wait for a better DVD version. Greenaway's movie affects viewers by contrasting beauty and horror, but for the effect to work, the images must be crisp and perfectly rendered. This DVD does not preserve movie quality resolution and so the effect is lost. Apart from that, the movie itself is the most memorable I have ever seen. I first saw it in 1990 and remembered almost all of it before viewing it a second time last night.The production is flawless. Each cast member is matched perfectly to each part: a wry, clever, wise Cook (Bohringer), a violent, unpleasant, loud Thief (Gambon), a suffering quiet Wife (Mirren) and a discrete Lover (Howard). Look also for a young Tim Roth playing his usual delinquent role. The photography is carefully planned, right down to the red water melons with green rinds split open on the cutting table. All the kitchen shots look like masterful 19th century still life paintings. There are interesting visual tricks: the costumes change color as the characters move from the dining room (red) to the kitchen (green).But be warned, this is not a pleasant movie. The film begins and ends with two unmentionable scenes. The thief insults his wife throughout the movie and it's soon difficult not to cringe at the sight of him. There is spitting and graphic vomiting. Make sure you've eaten some time before seeing this. And don't plan a dinner aftewards; you'll be too dizzy.

Needs code to play. No instructions that I could find here on Amazon or Google on how to get "Codec".If it has to do with content ,there is Fargo and fried Green Tomatoes...there is no code requirement .Also,I don't believe it could be language ,sexual ,smoking alcohol as I have SEEN much MORE in PG-13... movies that hits my cringe nerve.I was able to return.Also,Amazon has this movie in their Prime listing however it can not be shown in this area (Florida)( go figure).Just saying

Great movie. Was a gift

I did not think I would make it all the way through this film, the start was so unsettling.But, as I trust Helen Mirren's (and that of her agent) judgement, I pressed "pause" for a moment to change my perspective, and plunged back in.Omg, it is so good.Michael Gambon is a huge, domineering talent, and that spills forth in this film, soaking everyone and everything in his Thief's boorishly gluttonous and capitalistic narcissism.Helen Mirren is...oh god, there are no words for what she is. Her range is simply unbelievable, and her Georgina (the Thief's wife) grows and develops and unfurls into facets of Woman we seek, and so seldom find, within ourselves.This is a film fueled by, consumed by, about, and for Rage.It is difficult to watch.But so, SO worth it.As I write this, the tears are still wet on my face.I hated this movie-at the beginning, I felt betrayed...but I consciously altered my p.o.v. to see it as art, and then-I hated it again.Because it ended.And I wanted-needed-it to go on.I will be thinking about this film for days, perhaps for the rest of my life.

Got it second hand and in great condition

Long time Peter Greenaway fan. Video replacement therapy. Everyone in this film is on top form. Especially Mirren and Gambon. Ian Dury doesn't seem out of his depth either! Good stuff!😃

This is not a review of movie but about unprofessional seller. This blu-ray disc hasn't English subtitles as advertised.

Uma pelicula interesante y recomendable. No para todos los publicos , eso si. Puede resultar algo bizarra para los no iniciados. Una buena ocasion para redescubrir a una grande como es HELEN MIRREN.

Genial