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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   16,253 votes
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Director:
Lasse Hallström
Writers (WGA):
Annie Proulx (novel)
Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenplay)
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Release Date:
11 January 2002 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
Dive Beneath The Surface more
Plot:
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations more
User Comments:
Actually a pretty good movie more (193 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kevin Spacey ... Quoyle

Julianne Moore ... Wavey Prowse

Judi Dench ... Agnis Hamm

Cate Blanchett ... Petal

Pete Postlethwaite ... Tert Card

Scott Glenn ... Jack Buggit

Rhys Ifans ... Beaufield Nutbeem
Gordon Pinsent ... Billy Pretty

Jason Behr ... Dennis Buggit
Larry Pine ... Bayonet Melville
Jeannetta Arnette ... Silver Melville

Robert Joy ... EMS Officer
Alyssa Gainer ... Bunny Quoyle
Kaitlyn Gainer ... Bunny Quoyle
Lauren Gainer ... Bunny Quoyle
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for some language, sexuality and disturbing images.
Runtime:
111 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Company:
Miramax Films more

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Trivia:
When Billy Bob Thornton was set to direct, he wanted Laura Dern to play Wavey. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Quoyle and Wavey are eating their boxed seal flipper pies, the grease stains on the boxes change from shot to shot. more
Quotes:
Jack Buggit: You don't have the sense God gave a donut, do you? more
Movie Connections:
References The Shining (1980) more
Soundtrack:
Billy Peddle more

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15 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Actually a pretty good movie, 18 October 2003
7/10
Author: HunterDK (pc@person.dk) from Denmark

I had seen the good rating of Shipping News before I watched it, and I would like to give it a shot.

Lasse Hallström did a good job when he directed The Cider House Rules, and Kevin Spacey is of course a good actor with movies like The Usual Suspects, LA Confidential and K-Pax. Furthermore we got supporting actresses such as the lovely Julianne Moore and talented Cate Blanchett, it was promising.

The movie is mostly a drama, but it succeeds in giving the audience some laughs when needed, which is important to me. Dramas can be too depressing sometimes, but it is of course sometimes needed to make a statement. Anyway, it is not needed in Shipping News and Lasse Hallström understands this very well.

The acting is great, the stars I mentioned earlier deliver good performances, but we also get the pleasure to watch other good actors too, so the cast really gives us a good movie.

Actually there are mainly positive things to say about this movie, the picture quality was good and the environment at Newfoundland created a good atmosphere. The only thing I would critisise is that the movie maybe could have been a bit longer, there were a few issues that I would like to have seen sorted out.

I have rated this movie 7/10, but it maybe deserved a little more. It is definitely worth watching.

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