On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her stuffy, small-minded neighbors, she commissions herself a husband to be made from wicker. In an otherwise conservative town, this unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy and chaos.
Cinelinx – “Beyond the humor and its silly little premise is a surprising amount of depth. At its core, the film is an examination about what it means to really love someone. That desire to please someone, not because it prevents nagging, or we expect to get something out of it, but because we enjoy making that person happy. Finding fulfillment in bringing joy to another.” (full review here)
The Jam Report – “The filmmakers transform this unlikely romance into something unexpectedly tender, wickedly funny, and surprisingly perceptive. Beneath the filthy jokes and extraordinary prosthetics lies a sharp examination of desire, jealousy, and the indignities women are expected to endure in the name of marriage.” (full review here)
Deadline – “Colman is incapable of playing any character with just one note, and here delivers another three-dimensional performance of a woman determined to change her life and find her happy place in it. Sarsgård touchingly underplays Wicker Husband and makes him undeniably more human, even more so than the other men who were born and not woven into being.” (full review here)
