PARK CITY, UTAH Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Wicker, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, is a fairy tale for adults. It captures the wonder and fantasy but the moral bite is a bit more incisive.
A single fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) asks the local basketmaker (Peter Dinklage) to make her a husband. The Wicker Husband (Alexander Skarsgård) arrives.
The Fisherwoman and Wicker Husband enjoy a torrid love affair. Both are happy in the relationship but acclimating him to the village is where the fable comes in.
The Wicker Husband speaks simply about his life with the Fisherwoman. Describing how he must fix the bed daily is funny because the audience saw they break it whenever they make love.
He doesn't quite understand the domestic complaints of local husbands, nor the desire he provokes in their wives. This incurs the ire of one wife (Elizabeth Debicki) who spreads rumors to sow distrust in the Fisherwoman.
