Kevin Spacey,
Julianne Moore,
Cate Blanchett,
Judi Dench,
Pete Postlethwaite
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by E. Annie Proulx becomes this drama from director Lasse Hallström. Kevin Spacey stars as Quoyle, a struggling, emotionally drained newspaper reporter suffering throu... read more
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Release Date: December 25, 2001
Keywords:
cate blanchett,
julianne moore,
kevin spacey,
judi dench,
shipping news,
Cate Blanchett ,
Kevin Spacey ,
Julianne Moore ,
Judi Dench
DVD Release Date: June 18, 2002
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October 25, 2011A congenital looser named Quoyle, after having dealt with multiple blows in life, moves with his daughter to his ancestral homeland, Newfoundland, at the urging of his long-lost Aunt, Agnis (Judi Dench). There he befriends a serene single mother, Wavey Prowse(Julianne Moore) and... read more
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August 30, 2011Not a Corvette this film but rather a stationwagon with room for many (and their assorted baggage) and not a film for everyone, this story of a family returning to it's small town roots I found hypnotic. It's my favorite Spacey film, instantly, Dench was solid as an oak, and Jul... read more
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April 8, 2011An interesting family movie - with all sorts of A list stars. Kevin Spacey plays Quoyle, who starts his live over after he goes back to his ancestral home in Newfoundland. I liked the acting by Quoyle's daughter who is played by three sisters (at different ages I presume). I a... read more
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August 5, 2010Cast: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Pete Postlethwaite, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Gordon Pinsent, Jason Behr, Larry Pine
Director: Lasse Hallström
Summary: Distraught after the disappearance of his estranged wife, Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) and his dau... read more -
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December 13, 2009At first I thought it is going to be a boring Movie, but I still rented it. I was surprised how Beautiful this Movie is. Kevin Spacey was Brilliant in his role. I wonder where this Movie was filmed. Beautiful Place wherever it was.
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August 27, 2009The beginning was a little too fast and confusing however the story was really good and the cast fitted in really well together and gave good performances. At times it was a little boring but I was always guessing at what was going to happen next. Loved the setting and the feel o... read more
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August 6, 2009As offbeat and moving as some of Lasse Hallström other great works. The writing is really good, the camera work is nice, and the performances are also quite good.
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April 9, 2008Pretty good movie with heart warming touch. A man makes a journey to self-discovery when he returns to his ancestral home on the coast of Newfoundland. After the death of his estranged wife, Quoyle's fortunes begin to change when his long lost Aunt Agnis convinces him to head nor... read more
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December 9, 2010"The Shipping News" An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, Petal, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had lit... read more
Critic Reviews
March 13, 2002
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
January 22, 2002
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine
The movie has a modest but true feeling for the ways in which people are formed by the ravages of their natural surroundings. Full Review
January 17, 2002
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Spacey brilliantly shows Quoyle's transformation from a passive clod to a curious journalist.
January 10, 2002
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
I like good newspaper movies. Most of them get it completely wrong. In this case, it's exactly right. Full Review
January 8, 2002
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Some novels need to be left alone. Hear that, Hollywood?
January 8, 2002
Charles Taylor, Salon.com
Where The Cider House Rules was one of the most exquisite examples of classical Hollywood filmmaking in years, Chocolat was no more than a trite, pleasant trifle. The Shipping News, well made as it is... Full Review
January 3, 2002
Rex Reed, New York Observer
A movie that engrosses, hypnotizes and clings to the memory long after the final frame. Full Review
December 28, 2001
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Hallstrom and screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs, the team that gave us the spectacularly ordinary Chocolat, have concocted another box of mediocrity.
December 28, 2001
Robert Koehler, Variety
[L]ike a string quartet performing a half-beat off, the team behind Chocolat only occasionally captures the story's essential tones of absurd tragedy and comedy. Full Review
December 28, 2001
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
It's hardly possible to overstate what a welcome change of pace The Shipping News is for admirers of Kevin Spacey. Full Review
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