Signs & Wonders
Strand Releasing | Release Date: February 9, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
3
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Abounds in psychological suspense and plays like a mystery film, even though the mystery at hand may be purely one of the human heart. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeLoren King
Has extraordinary depth and insight about the limitations and follies of human beings. Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Beautifully acted film remains deeply intelligent and always fascinating. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
As a drama about the ravages of mental illness, the movie works; too bad most of the critics read it only as a romantic soap opera in which the hero is an obsessive sap. They read the signs but miss the diagnosis. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Jonathan Nossiter's second feature (after the intricate and haunting ''Sunday'') strikes unnerving chords of mystery and dismay as it fuses the sinister, jump cut dislocations of a metaphysical thriller like ''Don't Look Now'' with a pain soaked meditation on love, guilt, marriage, and adultery. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
The best performance is by Rampling. (The) camera hangs on her, knowing that nothing escapes those wise, sad-lidded eyes. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Unusual and imaginative drama. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula Nechak
Though Signs & Wonders loses its bubbles and runs flat in its anticlimactic final moments, it's far more inventive and demanding than any movie of recent memory. Read full review
70
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
Offers up keys and cakes and plunges its characters down a deep rabbit hole.
70
New Times (L.A.)Gregory Weinkauf
This is a sensitive, thinking person's movie with a lot on its mind. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Spare and coolly evocative, it's a chilling accomplishment. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Skarsgard's performance is bold and raw (and reminiscent of vintage Jack Lemmon in its earnestness). Read full review
50
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Pretension looms, and for many the web of symbolism will be too thick. But Rampling, to her credit, helps hold the nuthouse together. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Nossiter's premise is good, and he intrigues us with stylish conceits, but he makes a crucial casting error. Alec ought to be someone we care about. Read full review
40
Film.comErnest Hardy
Less would have been more, and this film is sabotaged by its maker's unchecked pretension. Read full review
38
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Smug, often tedious, and comically crude.
30
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Filled with voyeuristic shots as the camera peers through picket fences and windows and around corners; the film looks as if it were shot with a surveillance camera from a 7-Eleven Read full review
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