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Signs and Wonders

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Signs and Wonders (2001)

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Reviews Counted:25

Fresh:16

Rotten:9

Average Rating:5.9/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 3 hrs

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Feb 9, 2001 Limited

Synopsis: In Jonathan Nossiter's SIGNS AND WONDERS, a happily married couple begin to grow apart after 17 years of marriage. A middle-aged French woman, Marjorie (Charlotte Rampling), is betrayed by her... In Jonathan Nossiter's SIGNS AND WONDERS, a happily married couple begin to grow apart after 17 years of marriage. A middle-aged French woman, Marjorie (Charlotte Rampling), is betrayed by her American husband, Alec (Stellan Skarsgard) while they are living abroad in Athens with their two children. In turn, Marjorie begins an affair with an anti-government journalist. As the family is turned upside down, Nossiter's swirling colors and chaotic camerawork provide a visual interpretation of the film's emotionally complex plot. [More]

Starring: Stellan Skarsgaard, Charlotte Rampling, Deborah Kara Unger, Dimitris Katalifos

Starring: Stellan Skarsgaard, Charlotte Rampling, Deborah Kara Unger, Dimitris Katalifos

Director: Jonathan Nossiter

Director: Jonathan Nossiter
Screenwriter: James Lasdun, Jonathan Nossiter
Studio: Strand Releasing

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12/23/02
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12/29/01
Reel.com

If you're looking for a unique, stimulating time at the movies, sign up here.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
04/13/01
E! Online

Abtruse, delicately constructed and thoughtful... an arty Euro-flick with an almost entirely emotional mystery and pay-off.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Today | comment Comment
09/04/02
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

Signs takes us into Alec's confused head, and, although it can be disturbing there, it's never dull.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
08/09/01
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Feels like a film that could have been shot by Nicolas Roeg.

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03/04/02
Dennis Schwartz
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10/24/01
Jeremiah Kipp
Jeremiah Kipp
Flipside Movie Emporium

Nossiter's claustrophobic digital video camerawork and an intelligent script he co-wrote with James Lasdun elevate the proceedings above standard psychodrama.

Full Review Source: Mr. Showbiz | comment Comment
04/13/01
Kevin Maynard
Kevin Maynard
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Signs & Wonders is that true rarity, a forceful film of a unique and original vision.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
04/09/01
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Has extraordinary depth and insight about the limitations and follies of human beings.

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07/30/01
Loren King
Loren King
Boston Globe
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Though the action is superficially mundane, Jonathan Nossiter's second film, shot on digital video, is suffused with menace.

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Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Rampling, to her credit, helps hold the nuthouse together.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
08/15/01
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
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Underrated ...

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03/27/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Despite its technical focus, Signs & Wonders is a rewarding experience if watched through the end.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
02/12/01
Rachel Gordon
Rachel Gordon
Filmcritic.com

As a drama about the ravages of mental illness, the movie works.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
06/15/01
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Until it devolves into what seems like a quasi-surreal Fatal Attraction ... offers a stark, spooky portrait of family fracture and loss.

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08/02/01
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

There's a potentially good film struggling to get out of an overly self-conscious director's grip here.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
08/10/01
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International

For all its ambition and richness of style, Signs & Wonders never shows us what's inside Alec.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
07/06/01
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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Signs and Wonders fails because Mr. Nossiter doesn't bother to define the women as characters; he seems as deluded as Alec.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
04/16/01
Elvis Mitchell
Elvis Mitchell
New York Times
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