For all its ambition and richness of style, Signs & Wonders never shows us what's inside Alec.
Signs and Wonders (2001)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:16
Rotten:9
Average Rating:5.9/10
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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Reviews for Signs and Wonders
I hate to drag out that word again, but it's seriously needed here: pretentious.
You're beginning to understand why Unger seems to be in such a daze: she's read the script.
Signs and Wonders fails because Mr. Nossiter doesn't bother to define the women as characters; he seems as deluded as Alec.
Nossiter's claustrophobic digital video camerawork and an intelligent script he co-wrote with James Lasdun elevate the proceedings above standard psychodrama.
If you're looking for a unique, stimulating time at the movies, sign up here.
Signs & Wonders is that true rarity, a forceful film of a unique and original vision.
An overwrought film that, in the third act, collapses into pretentious symbolism, art-film abstraction without real purpose, and unintentional comedy.
Despite its technical focus, Signs & Wonders is a rewarding experience if watched through the end.
Though the action is superficially mundane, Jonathan Nossiter's second film, shot on digital video, is suffused with menace.
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