Release Date: Jun 1, 1989 Wide
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Average Rating: 3.8/5
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Co-produced by the folks from PBS' American Playhouse series, Signs of Life (alternate title: One For Sorrow, Two For Joy) stars veteran actor Arthur Kennedy as a cranky, set-in-his-ways Maine shipbuilder. Unable to keep apace with the 1980s, Kennedy is forced to close up shop. The film probes the various effects this decision has on Kennedy's employees. Beau Bridges has a wife (Kathy Bates) and four kids to support, with a fifth on the way. Kevin J. O'Connor would like to take a salvage-diving
Jun 1, 1989 Wide
Live Home Video
All Critics (5) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (1)
A fetching film about how the closing of a boatbuilding business affects the lives of four men in a small Maine town.
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