 The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2017, and received a limited release on April 6, 2018, to critical acclaim; Her role as "Kyra" was dubbed the "performance of her life" by "Village Voice"'s Bilge Ebiri, and "the performance of her career", by "Rolling Stone".Pfeiffer landed the role of Ruth Madoff for the HBO Films drama "The Wizard of Lies", based on the book of the same name.The film, directed by Barry Levinson, reunites her with actor Robert De Niro, who played her husband, disgraced financier Bernard Madoff.