The Shipping News
by Lasse Hallstr?m
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Actor: Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Julianne Moore, Kevin Spacey, Pete PostlethwaiteDirector: Lasse Hallstr?m
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Unknown; French (Original Language), Unknown; Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 111 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax
Movie Reviews of The Shipping News
Movie Review: Fascinating Character Study...
Summary: 5 Stars
I enjoyed "The Shipping News" very much. Forgive me, but I didn't read Annie Proulx' book. As a film achievement, director Lasse Hallstr?m created a world that drew me in from the start. The journey that Kevin Spacey's character takes, from total dweeb to realist, is as well portrayed as can be done in a 2 hour narrative. The acting is flawless; Spacey, Dench, Glenn, and those characters in the news office, all perfect. Cate Blanchett was terrific, and let everyone know that she was a heartless slut, but it could've been more developed. There was real fire there. The main character is the Newfoundland coast, the weather and the gorgeous terrain. There's a fascination that held me to the final frames, and a satisfying ending. Surprises along the way added to my enjoyment, and I decided to buy the film. Low key, pensive, clever script, interesting characters...well, that's why I love films. This is a good one. Ms. Proulx wrote "Brokeback Mountain", and her attention to character is profound. Still, I'm reviewing the film, and NOT the book.
Summary of The Shipping News
After tragedy strikes quoyle a hapless lonely upstate new yorker decides to move he and his daughter to his ancestral home in newfoundland. In the small fishing village of killick-claw quoyle secures a job as a reporter at the local newspaper. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 04/05/2005 Starring: Kevin Spacey Judi Dench Run time: 111 minutes Rating: RFans of Lasse Hallstr?m's truffle, Chocolat, may enjoy the director's subsequent novel adaptation, the emotionally charged Shipping News. The opening sequence introduces us to the bumbling Quoyle (Kevin Spacey), an ink setter at the Poughkeepsie News; his hedonistic wife Petal Bear (Cate Blanchett); and their daughter Bunny. But we hardly get to meet the characters, much less connect with them, in the fewer than eight minutes allotted for the scene. Before you know it, Petal is dead in a car wreck, Quoyle's parents have committed suicide, and Quoyle and Bunny are headed off with Quoyle's aunt Agnis (Judi Dench) to start over in a small Newfoundland port town. As the main story ensues--Quoyle's transformation from passive victim to sensitive lover and eloquent columnist--the subplot of his sordid family history and his aunt's search for healing seems contrived and lifeless. While Julianne Moore, as the widow Wavey, gives a solid performance as Quoyle's love interest, Spacey's performance is uneven, never convincingly at sea enough to reward Quoyle's ultimate self-discovery. As with so many films adapted from novels, The Shipping News fails to embark confidently enough upon its own course to keep off the rocks. --Fionn Meade
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