Sentences with phrase «of marital»

Barbara Marr is in the midst of a marital crisis when she stumbles across an even bigger problem in the neighbourhood.

Her admission releases the weight of oppression of marital, social, and religious norms, and she leads her story up to the great secret that is unthinkable in a country such as Afghanistan.

In her singular new novel Sisters, Tuck gives a very different portrait of marital life, exposing the intricacies and scandals of a new marriage sprung from betrayal.

Trained as a clinical psychologist, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado in 1979 and became known as an authority on the psychological effects of marital disruption, especially on men.

Emma Straub has been making her mark in the genre of domestic drama — see her 2014 hit, The Vacationers — and her latest has all the necessary elements for a repeat: an appealing cast, interwoven plot lines and an insightful take on the ups and downs of both marital and parent - child relationships.

In BookPage, reviewer Jillian Quint gave a perfect description of the novel: «Through three men's interlocking though asymmetrical narratives, Mr. Peanut tells the story of all marital strife — with an emphasis on the ugly side, replete with violence, pain, inertia, manipulation, sexual longing and destruction.»

In the interest of marital stability, perhaps it's best that few people will ever see this bloody gorgeous U.K. speedster, let alone experience its supercharged snarl as it pleasures and / or violates your eardrums.

Johnson says that beyond the specific AWOL programs that reinforce positive behavior and allow young people to express their creativity, the Jordans also provide a model of marital stability that many of the young people don't see in their immediate families or in their neighborhoods.

She also plans to discuss men's family and work roles, women's multiple roles, quality of marital relationships, and what the future holds for women's equality.

Spending increases have no effect on the probability of ever being married, however, suggesting that the higher marriage rates reflect higher levels of marital stability.

Though bleak and depressing to be sure, the film also has an uplifting quality to it in the decades of marital bliss it implies.

Spencer decides then and there to hang up the sniper rifle for good and live a normal life as Jen's husband, but after three years of marital bliss, Spencer's past comes back to haunt him in the form of assassins all round who are out to collect a sizable bounty for killing the former killer.

It sets the perfect mood for this twisted tale of marital dysfunction.

McEwan's novel is set in England in 1962 and «tells the story of Florence and husband, Edward, starting with the unspoken expectation of their marital -LSB-...]

But their state of marital bliss is irreversibly altered the day a Russian defector (Daniel Olbrychski) walks into CIA headquarters announcing that he wants to spill the beans about an elaborate plan to destroy the United States that is about to be hatched.

Playwright whose masterpiece of marital disharmony, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Mark Duplass and Elisabeth Moss star in this psychological drama about a couple who spend a weekend at a getaway recommended by their therapist, which emerges as a unnerving and sincere examination of marital loyalty and the deceptive nature of appearances.

Given Jolie's sometimes ham - fisted tendencies as a director, a viewer expecting a complex and subtle exploration of marital crisis may be in for disappointment.

Meanwhile, Emily's sleazy colleague David, into whom she channeled a little of her marital frustrations, is in love with her.

The Criterion Collection is proud to present this brilliant study of marital breakdown, artistic compromise, and the cinematic process in a new special edition.

Aronofsky puts to work the tools of the horror genre (the haunted house - isolated in a forest, bumps in the night, body horror, unwelcome strangers, horror as a manifestation of marital problems) to construct a Trojan Horse from which springs a complex thesis about the commodity and vanity of celebrity, mass societal behaviour, procreation, religion and more.

Undoubtedly, plenty of previously comfortable middle - aged middle - managers must be struggling with the same sort of marital and money issues in the wake of the toll taken on that beleaguered demographic by downsizing and globalization.

Penn lands in the middle of marital mess between a steaming hot young woman (Jennifer Lopez) and her husband (Nick Nolte) who each offer to pay him to kill the other.

As in their best films — No Country for Old Men, Miller's Crossing, Fargo — Burn After Reading asks what happens when the social contract breaks down (in this case, expectations of marital fidelity, stable employment, the return of lost property), and answers, as before, that chaos and violence follow.

With such prime examples of marital discord, Vivian can't imagine how her film might be anything other than a slam dunk.

In an hilarious scene that features Johnson himself (as the stabbing victim of marital violence!)

1 An absolutely enthralling piece of cinematic merriment — a veritable orgy of directorial high - wire acts — Quentin Tarantino's first segment of his marital arts revenge film is easily the most entertaining film of the year.

Yet despite the distracting detours of adult content, this film, like most of Jane Austen's novels, is determined to give older audiences a glimmer of hope by championing the value of marital bliss.

Daily theatrical demonstrations in a ballroom extol the benefits of marital life to the guests, while physical experiments hinder sexual fulfillment.

It is being billed as a return to the workplace comedy for Judge, and stars Jason Bateman as the owner of a flower - extract plant who has injured and unhappy employees to deal with from 9 to 5, but he also has his share of marital problems at home.

Not rated; for mature audiences (contains rough scenes of marital strife).

Meanwhile, at a lower rung of the marital ladder, Sally and Roy (Watts and Josh Brolin; pictured at the top of this story) are on the cusp of splitting up.

This dramedy of marital strife and NYC ennui has moments of truth but they're embedded in a script that too often allows its characters to merely be mouthpieces for its writer / director's philosophies.

When, for instance, it seemed that she would not, after all, be playing Martha in a new West End production of Edward Albee's classic of marital strife, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Speaking as one of the male gender, there comes a period in a man's life (at least in a lot of the guys we've known) when, freed of parental supervision and before the shackles of marital bliss, every other word in our vocabulary seems to consist of the four letter kind.

They never lived anywhere: the protagonists of this drama of marital stalemate embody a widespread social institution without ever reminding us of Earth as we know it.

John (Bates), after a recent onslaught of marital strife, had delved into his own mind, creating an elaborate fantasy life filled with prostitutes and a menacing imaginary friend left over from childhood.

For all the acting pyrotechnics, the people in We Don't Live Here Anymore scarcely exist outside the confines of their marital turmoil.

A smarter film about country music would cast the would - be cowpunk as a Jack White - type, somebody who would encourage the aging legend to reject Nashville values and make an all - out roots album (similar to Loretta Lynn's «Van Lear Rose», produced by The White Stripes frontman himself), which would add creative tension to the preexisting atmosphere of marital discord between Kelly and her commercially - minded husband.

associated with slightly higher marital satisfaction and lower rates of marital.

Leman's free Compatibility Test (coupled with his online dating site MatchWise.com) has as its main goal the prevention of marital mistakes through the psychology of birth order.

The social result of this imbalance is a lack of marital opportunities for black women and asian men.

The research shows that couples who met online were more likely to have higher marital satisfaction and lower rates of marital breakups than relationships that began in face - to - face meetings.

This can be terribly hurtful and unless an unconditional apology is forthcoming, can leave the type of marital destruction residue which can quickly build up in a short period of time.

The wedding canopy used in the ceremony is called a chuppah and it represents a house of marital joy.

One third of American marriages now originate online, demonstrate a higher level of marital satisfaction and are less likely to end in divorce than those that begin through other means.

eHarmony submitted copies of two published studies that reported higher levels of marital satisfaction for couples who met through eHarmony than any other offline or online methods.

According to a study published by the University of Chicago, couples who meet online enjoy higher levels of marital satisfaction than those who meet through more traditional means.

It is estimated that nearly half of marital break - ups involve partners who met online.

Results showed that couples introduced by the online matchmaking site were more similar, and that such similarity in general using the current measures was a strong predictor of marital adjustment in both online matched and comparison couples.