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Overview
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Release Date:
11 January 2002 (USA)
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Plot:
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.
Another 2 wins
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9 nominations
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Actually a pretty good movie
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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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Rated R for some language, sexuality and disturbing images.
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111 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:14A (Alberta) |
Canada:18A (British Columbia) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Iceland:12 |
South Korea:18 |
Germany:12 (f) |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-15 |
France:U |
Netherlands:12 |
Peru:14 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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Composer Jerry Goldsmith was attached to the project in the early stages of its development.
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Continuity: The headless body apparently disappears from the water in the short time it takes Quoyle to swim to the cooler.
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References The Shining (1980)
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I'se The B'y
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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.