How to Be a Good Wife fingerprintBig heart, strong craft, low-key.
Calm and low-key
Hopeful and romantic
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Some situational comedy and satire
Not a comedy at heart.
History, growing up, and family
Standout characters
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
How to Be a Good Wife is calm and low-intensity.
Hopeful and romantic
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Emotionally, it's hopeful, romantic, and wholesome. Much of it is about growing up and family.
Some situational comedy and satire
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some situational comedy and satire.
History, growing up, and family
Its world is built around history, growing up, and family.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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How to Be a Good Wife is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, OVID, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Fawesome, and Tubi TV. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, and Apple TV Store. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 57/100 (IMDb 5.8 and Rotten Tomatoes 67%). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
1 h 48 min
How to Be a Good Wife runs 1 h 48 min.
Not quite. Critics rate How to Be a Good Wife higher (67) than audiences (41). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in French. Produced in France.
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