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Marion Bridge (2000)

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Reviews Counted: 16 Fresh: 12  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 6.3/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Synopsis: This drama from Canadian director Wiebke Von Carolsfeld explores the strained relationships between three sisters, who after learning that their mother is sick, gather in their childhood home of Nova Scotia. The most visibly troubled of the group, Agnes (Molly Parker)--the youngest of... This drama from Canadian director Wiebke Von Carolsfeld explores the strained relationships between three sisters, who after learning that their mother is sick, gather in their childhood home of Nova Scotia. The most visibly troubled of the group, Agnes (Molly Parker)--the youngest of three--makes little effort to disguise her alcoholism upon arriving home. Not without their own problems, highly religious Theresa is coping with her husband's recent departure into the arms of a younger woman, while Louise won't fess up to being attractive to women. Over the course of caring for their mother, the three women make several revelations about their family, that despite being painful, help them better understand themselves and each other. Distinguished by brilliant cinematography, strong performances, and realistic dialogue, MARION BRIDGE examines the bonds that strangely bind families together in even the most trying of circumstances. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Molly Parker, Rebecca Jenkins, Stacy Smith, Ellen Page, Elissa Sursara

Director: Wiebke Von Carolsfeld

DVD Info

Release:

May 4, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.78

Audio:

  • [unspecified] - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Wiebke von Carolsfeld - Director
  • Behind-the-Scenes footage
  • Bonus Feature - 1. short, BETTER OR WORSE?
  • Trailer - 1. Theatrical Trailer
  • 2. LIGHT OF MY EYES

Additional Release Material:

  • Biographies

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02/09/06
Derek Adams
Time Out
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Too many scenes are colourless and unimaginative...There’s a gap between the pedestrianism of life and the necessary dramatic tension of art [that] this film never bridges.

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12/01/03
Brian Gibson
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06/23/03
Kevin N. Laforest
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04/20/03
Jason Anderson
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3/5

A carefully drawn portrait of family life.

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04/18/03
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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3/5

Given Marion Bridge trots out almost every cliche of the chick flick, it is all the more remarkable that it works as well as it does.

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04/18/03
Louis B. Hobson
Jam! Movies
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3.5/5

You'll like it because it's really intelligent.

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04/18/03
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies
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3/4

A respectable addition to the tragic three sisters oeuvre.

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04/18/03
Janice Page
Boston Globe
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The flick takes its sweet time to deliver the unsolvable life situations in a delicate, real way -- playing out like a good book -- and the solid cast is totally in sync with its rhythm.

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04/18/03
E! Online
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3/4

Always engaging and often compelling.

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04/18/03
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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3.5/5

Takes the raw ingredients of soap opera -- the spilling of family secrets and the opening of old wounds as a parent slips away -- and spins them into something truthful and quietly compelling.

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04/17/03
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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While the situations and characterizations ring true, if a bit melodramatically, the film is so understated that little dramatic effect registers.

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04/15/03
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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This family drama adapted from his play by Canadian writer/actor Daniel MacIvor ("The Five Senses") plays like a Chekovian take on "Aberdeen"

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04/13/03
Laura Clifford
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3.5/5

Small but beautifully acted drama.

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04/11/03
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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3/4

Parker is very good at conveying Agnes' wobbly mixture of instability and emotional bravery, and Jenkins finds the sad, lonely ache below Theresa's urge to regiment the lives of everyone in the family.

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04/11/03
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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3/4

The gray, lazy Nova Scotia atmosphere helps a great deal.; the cold and fog permeate the film indoors as well as out.

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04/11/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner
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2/4

There is some good acting on view as we watch Agnes' brave attempts to face up to a past that includes incest and pregnancy, but Daniel McIvor's adaptation of his stage play is hardly going to quicken anyone's pulse.

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04/11/03
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Defies its genealogy with grace, economy, and unstinting compassion.

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04/08/03
Jessica Winter
Village Voice
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Takes you by surprise by coming right at you, then slowly sneaking around behind you, integrating you into this family.

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01/07/03
David Poland
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