An Invisible Sign

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An Invisible Sign
An Invisible Sign Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Marilyn Agrelo
Screenplay by
  • Pamela Falk
  • Michael Ellis
Based onAn Invisible Sign of My Own
by Aimee Bender
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Lisa Rinzler
Edited bySabine Hoffmann
Music byAndrew Hollander
Production
companies
Distributed by IFC Films
Release dates
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$51,138 [1]

An Invisible Sign is a 2010 American drama film directed by Marilyn Agrelo and starring Jessica Alba, Chris Messina, John Shea and J. K. Simmons. Based on the 2001 novel An Invisible Sign of My Own by Aimee Bender, the film is about a painfully withdrawn young woman who, as a child, turned to math for comfort after her father became ill, and now as an adult, teaches the subject and must help her students through their own crises.

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The film received negative reviews from critics and grossed $51,138 at the box office.

Plot

Mona Gray systematically withdraws from life into a world of mathematics after a mysterious mental illness leaves her father incapacitated and a shell of his former self. Forced by her mother to move out on her own, Mona gets a job as a math teacher at an elementary school. There she discovers she has an unorthodox talent for teaching and finds herself thrust back into life again, with children to care for, and a reason to live. Mona takes special interest in one of her students, Lisa Venus (Sophie Nyweide), whose mother is dying of cancer.

When fellow teacher Ben Smith shows romantic interest in her, Mona reverts to some of her old self-destructive impulses. Eventually, Mona discovers her value in the love she shows her students, and she and Ben find love in each other.

Cast

Production

Aimee Bender's 2001 novel An Invisible Sign of My Own was adapted for the screen by The Wedding Planner scribes Michael Ellis and Pamela Falk. [2] Filming locations included Steiner Studios and Tarrytown, New York. [2]

Release

An Invisible Sign premiered at the 18th Hamptons International Film Festival [3] on October 7, 2010. It was released through video on demand on April 1, 2011, and premiered in theaters on May 6, 2011. [4]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 0% of 15 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.1/10. [5] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 23 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "An Invisible Sign". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Marilyn Agrelo (director) (2010). An Invisible Sign (DVD). Orland Park, Illinois: MPI Home Video.
  3. ↑ "HIFF 2010 Program Announced". Hamptons International Film Festival . September 15, 2010. Archived from the original on September 24, 2010. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ "An Invisible Sign". IFC Films . Archived from the original on March 16, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
  5. ↑ "An Invisible Sign". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved January 15, 2024. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  6. ↑ "An Invisible Sign". Metacritic . Fandom, Inc. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
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