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The Shipping News

2001

Lasse Hallström

Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett ...

6.0

6,117

Drama Based on the 1994 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by E. Annie Prouix, Kevin Spacey plays an emotionally beaten man who moves himself and his two daughters back to his hometown in Newfoundland. His adulterous wife’s (Blanchett) death in car accident is the catalyst for this life change. Quoyle (Spacey) returns to his roots as a struggling journalist by securing a job as the writer of the shipping news for the local newspaper. He must learn ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It all leaves a very strange taste in the mouth, and fails to convince that this slushy tale is anything other than a strident, uninteresting bore"	NEG
United States	Robert Koehler Variety	"As ungainly as its central, befuddled character, [it] never quite finds its own internal compass (...) the team behind 'Chocolat' only occasionally captures the story's essential tones of absurd tragedy and comedy."	NEU
United Kingdom	Nev Pierce BBC	"The story isn't helped by having Hallström at the helm (...) The result is mildly engaging, but never moving."	NEU
United Kingdom	Emanuel Levy Screendaily	"Soft, bland and somewhat shapeless (...) The film lacks a dramatic or emotional centre because of Spacey's disappointing performance"	NEU

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