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Sensitive directorial bow by editor Wiebke von Carolsfeld and solid performances lend conviction if not quite distinction to the drama Marion Bridge.
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San Francisco Chronicle by Edward Guthmann
Downbeat but ultimately hopeful, it's a domestic tragedy that cuts clearly to the bone, finding emotional nuance among the family's knotty secrets and dense layers of subterfuge.
90
It has all the virtues of fine stage drama: narrative economy, honest emotion, and characters so closely defined that the most pedestrian encounters between them are revelatory.
63
New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
This Canadian film is extraordinarily low-key, considering the explosive secrets the sisters unearth, but that is part of its strength.
90
Village Voice by Jessica Winter
A scrupulous and impeccably acted account of the fallout from a family secret.
50
An earnest, if dreary little Canadian domestic drama.
70
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
Story of small triumphs and everyday sorrows is never maudlin or sentimental.
60
If von Carolsfeld had worked more surprises into her style and presentation, Marion Bridge wouldn't live down to its genre stereotype so readily.
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Rick Groen
Always engaging and often compelling.
80
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Remarkable for its seamless ensemble performances.