
Film · 1989 · Films · 1980s
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Scored from 158 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).
Summary
In a lavish French restaurant, a brutish gangster terrorizes the staff and patrons while his refined wife begins a clandestine affair with a quiet bookish diner, aided by the sympathetic head chef. As the husband's violence escalates, the lovers' stolen moments among the kitchens and pantries push toward a shocking reckoning.
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) is a film IMDb files under the crime and drama genres.
Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 1,031 of whom clear the calibration test. The calibrated figure is built from 158 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 160 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. 3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside.
Is The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) worth watching?
- Cohort
- Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
- Calibrated reviewers
- 158
Cohort: Films · 1980s







