Marvelous is a 2006

2006 in film

- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...

 American drama

Drama

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/comedy

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 written and directed by Síofra Campbell.

Plot

Martha Plimpton's character, Gwen, is living with her sister Queenie after getting divorced. Soon after the movie begins, it is revealed that Gwen has the ability to magically fix broken machinery and heal sick and injured people. The film explores the effect that celebrity has on Gwen and her family and friends.

Cast

Actor / Actress	Character
Martha Plimpton	Gwen
Ewen Bremner	Lars
Amy Ryan	Queenie
Annabella Sciorra	Lara

Critical reception

As an independent film, Marvelous did not have a great deal of critical focus. What there was, was mixed. Ronnie Scheib of Variety praised the "marvelously peculiar dialogue" and the good work of the actors. The reviewer at Moviefone.com calls it "a memorable satire." However, New York Magazine found the script "uneven" and praised only the work of Ewen Bremner and referred to the work of the other actors as "overacting." MSN movies gives it three stars out of five.

External links

• http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809426122/details
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800347/maindetails
• http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117930624.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0
• http://nymag.com/movies/reviews/16813/index4.html
• http://www.truveo.com/Marvelous-Trailer/id/4063822694# clip from the movie
• http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-synopsis/%27marvelous%27/