The Young Wife (film)

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The Young Wife
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Directed by Tayarisha Poe
Written byTayarisha Poe
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJomo Fray
Edited byKate Abernathy
Music by Terence Nance
Production
companies
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release dates
  • March 12, 2023 (2023-03-12)(SXSW)
  • May 31, 2024 (2024-05-31)(United States)
Running time
97 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Young Wife is a 2023 American drama film, written, directed, and produced by Tayarisha Poe. It stars Kiersey Clemons, Leon Bridges, Kelly Marie Tran, Michaela Watkins, Aya Cash, Brandon Micheal Hall, Lukita Maxwell, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Judith Light.

Contents

It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 12, 2023.

Cast

Production

In March 2022, Kiersey Clemons, Leon Bridges, Kelly Marie Tran, Michaela Watkins, Aya Cash, Brandon Micheal Hall, Lukita Maxwell, Sheryl Lee Ralph Judith Light, Aida Osman, Connor Paolo, and Jon Rudnitsky joined the cast of the film, with Tayarisha Poe directing from a screenplay she wrote. [2]

Release

It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 12, 2023. [3]

Reception

The film holds an 90% 'Fresh' score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 20 critic reviews with an average rating of 7.5/10. [4] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 70 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "The Young Wife". South by Southwest . Archived from the original on June 14, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  2. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (March 2, 2022). "'The Flash's Kiersey Clemons Leads Cast In 'The Young Wife' For FilmNation & Archer Gray". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on October 15, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  3. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 1, 2023). "SXSW Second Wave Includes UAR's 'Bottoms', Donald Glover's 'Swarm' Series, Michelle Yeoh's 'American Born Chinese' & More". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  4. ↑ "The Young Wife". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media. Archived from the original on June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  5. ↑ "The Young Wife". Metacritic . Fandom, Inc. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
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