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The Rich Man's Wife

Actor(s): Halle Berry, Christopher McDonald, Clive Owen, Peter Greene, Clea Lewis
Director(s): Amy Jones
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Not For Children
Movie Release: 1996
DVD Release: 04/11/2000
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Audio Tracks: English
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 35 mins
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Total Copies: 6
Genres: Thriller, Crime Thriller

DVD Synopsis

This is a domestic thriller in the Hitchcock mode with a legalistic twist involving that modern invention, the prenuptial agreement. Halle Berry stars as Josie Potenza, the unhappy wife of alcoholic, philandering executive Tony Potenza (Christopher McDonald). Josie is unfaithful too, but she wants to salvage her marriage and proposes an alcohol-free vacation in a remote backwoods location. Tony agrees, but soon after they arrive, he's called back to work. Angry and lonely, Josie goes to a nearby bar, where she meets sympathetic Cole Wilson (Peter Greene), who's actually a psychotic ex-con. After hearing Josie's tale of marital woe, Cole proposes that he kill Tony. Appalled, Josie refuses, but soon Tony is murdered in a carjacking, leaving Josie the possible inheritor of millions. A prenuptial agreement that would've left her penniless in a divorce puts the LAPD on Josie's scent, while Wilson blackmails her and both her lover Jake (Clive Owen) and his cuckolded wife Nora (Clea Lewis) scheme to profit from Josie's loss. Of course, it's also possible that Josie manipulated the events to transpire exactly as they did. Writer-director Amy Holden Jones also wrote the screenplays for Mystic Pizza (1987) and Indecent Proposal (1993). ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Actors

Halle Berry - Jose Potenza
Christopher McDonald - Tony Potenza
Clive Owen - Jake Golden
Peter Greene - Cole
Clea Lewis - Golden,Nora

Editorial Review of DVD

This suspense thriller, which features Halle Berry in one of her first leading roles, has been given a simple presentation for its DVD release. The Rich Man's Wife has been given a letterboxed transfer to disc at its original widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Surround. The dialogue is in English with no multiple-language options, though closed captions in English have been included. The film's original trailer has been added as a bonus. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Member Movie Reviews

Brittni H. (venus) from BATON ROUGE, LA wrote on 11/10/2009...

Before you watch this movie, you need to pop in one of Berry's better films, like Swordfish. Trust me, you will need a reason to forgive her for making this after viewing it.
It is a tough movie to sit through. The entire script is riddled with shoddy patchwork and see-through plots. Her performance is stale, because she had nowhere to go with the character. It was two-dimensional, the entire movie. Oh, and never screen this back-to-back with Catwoman, not if you want to enjoy any future Halle Berry movie.