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4.5/10
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A dark but comical glimpse at one day in the breakdown of a marriage.A dark but comical glimpse at one day in the breakdown of a marriage.A dark but comical glimpse at one day in the breakdown of a marriage.
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
1.2K
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- Director
- Writers
- Wallace Shawn(screenplay)
- Tom Cairns(screenplay)
- Stars
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- Director
- Writers
- Wallace Shawn(screenplay)
- Tom Cairns(screenplay)
- Stars
Emily Cass McDonnell
- Bettinaas Bettina
- (as Emily McDonnell)
- Director
- Writers
- Wallace Shawn(screenplay)
- Tom Cairns(screenplay)
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A dark but comical glimpse at one day in the breakdown of a marriage.
- Taglines
- A surreal story of two people.
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- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for language including sexual references, and some nudity
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaThe film originally premiered in the US at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2004. However, because of distribution problems, the film took a long five years to hit the US market (in which it was released internationally on DVD from 2005-2007), finally arriving on DVD in March 2009.
- SoundtracksGravity's Angel
Written and Performed by Laurie Anderson
Top review
Hate in love. Love in hate.
Marie. Bruce. Marie and Bruce. It's very interesting art-house film. It's so surreal. Both of the main characters are so annoying that they feel almost unsympathetic. The dialog is so random and unnatural. But I like it. As matter a fact, Marie and Bruce is one of my all time favorite film.
Marie and Bruce seem to have been in long marriage and they spend most of the days by nagging on each other and at the same time they both don't listen the other. It's kind of sadistic relationship. Like Marie says to Bruce: "Don't you get it, you're not even a living thing! It's easy to leave you because you're not real." It kind of works both ways. They are both zombies, totally numb. Marie mocks Bruce all the time but Bruce doesn't even react to those insults. Like he doesn't hear what Marie says. And every time Bruce starts conversation with Marie she just rolls her eyes and seems to be away like dreaming. Marie despises Bruce and at the same time she loves him. Like she says herself: "Bruce is like a god." Bruce on the other hand, doesn't feel any kind of sexual attraction against Marie. He tries to make a hit on a girl in a restaurant. He goes to the dirty hotel room just to watch the naked woman in a house across the street. He makes conversations with every woman on the party except Marie. Marie really enjoys mocking Bruce and she somehow enjoys the coldness of Bruce.
Julianne Moore and Matthew Broderick were both adorable and their performances are very enjoyable.
Marie and Bruce is surreal love story between two tired people who are seriously tired from each other but they can't live without each other. I highly recommend this film but I have to warn, it's not easy peace to watch. There is lot of symbols and scenes that might not make any sense. Marie and Bruce is movie for a thinking person.
10 out of 10
Marie and Bruce seem to have been in long marriage and they spend most of the days by nagging on each other and at the same time they both don't listen the other. It's kind of sadistic relationship. Like Marie says to Bruce: "Don't you get it, you're not even a living thing! It's easy to leave you because you're not real." It kind of works both ways. They are both zombies, totally numb. Marie mocks Bruce all the time but Bruce doesn't even react to those insults. Like he doesn't hear what Marie says. And every time Bruce starts conversation with Marie she just rolls her eyes and seems to be away like dreaming. Marie despises Bruce and at the same time she loves him. Like she says herself: "Bruce is like a god." Bruce on the other hand, doesn't feel any kind of sexual attraction against Marie. He tries to make a hit on a girl in a restaurant. He goes to the dirty hotel room just to watch the naked woman in a house across the street. He makes conversations with every woman on the party except Marie. Marie really enjoys mocking Bruce and she somehow enjoys the coldness of Bruce.
Julianne Moore and Matthew Broderick were both adorable and their performances are very enjoyable.
Marie and Bruce is surreal love story between two tired people who are seriously tired from each other but they can't live without each other. I highly recommend this film but I have to warn, it's not easy peace to watch. There is lot of symbols and scenes that might not make any sense. Marie and Bruce is movie for a thinking person.
10 out of 10
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- monsieurhalifax
- Mar 25, 2010
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- Wallace Shawn's Marie & Bruce
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- Gross worldwide
- $8,349
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
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