Beau Bridges

Vincent D'Onofrio

Arthur Kennedy

Kevin J. O'Connor

Will Patton

Kate Reid

Georgia Engel

Kathy Bates

Mary-Louise Parker

Michael Lewis

Martin Shakar

Matthew Cowles

Don Saunders

Keith Reddin

Brad Sullivan

Ralph Williams

Lázaro Pérez

Paul Cunha

Wellington Santos

Graciela Lecube

Alex Goulart Jr.

Manuel Januario

Odete Amarelo

Danielle DuClos

Deanna DuClos

Anna Bensaud

Brooke Lawsing

Margaret McFarland

John David Coles

Lindsay Law

Marcus Viscidi

Andrew Reichsman

Howard Shore

Cary Brokaw

Angelo Corrao

William A. Anderson

Douglas Aibel

Beth A. Rubino

Howard Cummings

Carla Martiny

Matthew Carlisle

W.T. Viscidi

Jeffrey Ullman

Jeanette Scott

Hiram Ortiz

Daniel Lupi

Jimmy Vestal

Shiho Ito

Mark Malone

Elliot Davis

Drama

Signs of Life

**_Amusing and bittersweet drama set on the coast of northeastern New England_**

When it seems imminent that a small boat-building company is closing down in a sleepy Maine town, it affects the lives of the key personnel and those linked to them in different ways.

“Signs of Life” (1989) is worth seeing for the scenic setting of coastal Maine, as well as catching Vincent D'Onofrio and Mary-Louise Parker when they were young and relatively unknown. Several other notables are on hand, like Kevin J. O'Connor, Beau Bridges and Arthur Kennedy. The latter plays a cantankerous 66 years-old man, but easily looks ten years older (he was 74 during shooting and this was his last film).

Some parts are too draggy, but there’s enough interesting things going on in the intersecting stories to keep interest, along with some quality droll amusement. I like how the flick leads you to think something is going to happen, but pulls the rug out from under you.

It runs 1 hour, 30 minutes, and was shot at various locations near the central coast of Maine (Thomaston, Stonington, South Bristol and Ellsworth), except for one short underwater sequence done at Mystic Marine Aquarium in Connecticut.

GRADE: B-

English