Marion Bridge

Name: Marion Bridge
Genre: Drama
Released: April 11, 2003
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Marguerite McNeil, Molly Parker, Rebecca Jenkins, Stacey Smith

2003

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Film Movement | Release Date: April 11, 2003 | Unrated

Starring: Marguerite McNeil, Molly Parker, Rebecca Jenkins, Stacey Smith

Summary: This film speaks volumes about sibling and parental relationships with a beautifully realized tale of loss, healing and humor. [Film Movement]

Director: Wiebke von Carolsfeld

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 90 min

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J.R. Jones

It has all the virtues of fine stage drama: narrative economy, honest emotion, and characters so closely defined that the most pedestrian encounters between them are revelatory. Read full review

Jessica Winter

A scrupulous and impeccably acted account of the fallout from a family secret. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Remarkable for its seamless ensemble performances. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Sensitive directorial bow by editor Wiebke von Carolsfeld and solid performances lend conviction if not quite distinction to the drama Marion Bridge. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Story of small triumphs and everyday sorrows is never maudlin or sentimental. Read full review

Jami Bernard

This Canadian film is extraordinarily low-key, considering the explosive secrets the sisters unearth, but that is part of its strength. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

An earnest, if dreary little Canadian domestic drama. Read full review

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ChadS.

Jun 18, 2007

When the family's dark secret is finally revealed, it's a shock, because the way Louise(Stacy Smith) and Rose(Marguerite McNeil) treat their younger sister is not what you'd expect. Agnes(Molly Parker), you would think, deserves a free pass to act as wayward as she wants to When the family's dark secret is finally revealed, it's a shock, because the way Louise(Stacy Smith) and Rose(Marguerite McNeil) treat their younger sister is not what you'd expect. Agnes(Molly Parker), you would think, deserves a free pass to act as wayward as she wants to be. You would be doing coke and drinking like a fish too with a father like Agnes'. There's never an open discussion if the family's patriarch acted inappropriately with the two older girls. "Marion Bridge" is so low-key, the viewer may overlook this fact. Is "Marion Bridge" too quiet? Perhaps. We're talking about incest here. But the anger is there. If quiet is the new loud, throwing a bible out an open window after Agnes reads to their dying mother, has more volume than shouting.… Expand

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