Review of Marion Bridge (2003) by Thomas W — 25 May 2011
Marion Bridge is a movie that won't really interest a whole lot of people. It is a dramatic character study ("dramatic" could have been fully capitalized) about the interactions between three very different sisters who've come together after many years apart because of the rapidly-declining health of their mother .
The performances are all good (led by Deadwood's Molly Parker) and the story isn't overly-slow; but it isn't one that'll jump out and beg to be watched. The girls grew up in a small town in Nova Scotia, Canada and Agnes (Parker) "escaped" to the big city of Toronto as soon as she came of age.
The three sisters have difficulty coming back together as a unit as one of Agnes's sisters has grown bitter and jaded because of a nasty divorce while the other has become a reclusive introvert. Marion Bridge is quiet and understated, complex and yet simple.
.. and there is nothing wrong with any of that. The film's biggest fault could be that it is a tad-bit too realistic which means Marion Bridge won't have much of an audience as one doesn't want to "escape" -- as movies ARE an escape-of-sorts -- into some drama that could be playing-out under their own roof behind their own closed front door.
This review of Marion Bridge (2003) was written by Thomas W on 25 May 2011.
Marion Bridge has generally received positive reviews.
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