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The Scoundrel's Wife
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Summary:
Based on true stories of the Cajun homefront during World War II, when German U-boats threatened the American coast.
- Director: Glen Pitre
- Genre(s): Drama, Romance
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Positive: 2 out of 5
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Mixed: 3 out of 5
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70An unusual tale about an often over-glorified era from our past, The Scoundrel's Wife exposes wartime America's sordid small town underbelly in a captivating, even entertaining manner.
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60Scripted by Pitre and his wife, Michelle Benoit, this is more interesting for its historical setting than for its rather wooden drama, but Tim Curry gives a pretty good performance as the town's whiskey priest.
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50A bland gumbo of wartime intrigue and home-front soap opera in the bayou country of Louisiana.
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The shame is that Pitre, shooting entirely in his home state, wasn't more engaged himself. His intimate connection to the people, place and story, which certainly inspired him to write the film in the first place, is wasted.
