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Some novels need to be left alone. Hear that, Hollywood?
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The Shipping News
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2001 · 1h 51m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Lasse Hallström
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The Shipping News
Overview
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
Director and cast
- Lasse Hallström Director
- Kevin Spacey as Quoyle
- Julianne Moore as Wavey Prowse
- Cate Blanchett as Petal
- Judi Dench as Agnis Hamm
- Pete Postlethwaite as Tert Card
- Scott Glenn as Jack Buggit
- Rhys Ifans as Beaufield Nutbeem
- Gordon Pinsent as Billy Pretty
- Jason Behr as Dennis Buggit
- Kate Moennig as Grace Moosup
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
53%
Tomatometer
Fresh
I like good newspaper movies. Most of them get it completely wrong. In this case, it's exactly right.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh
I am baffled by all the negativity surrounding it, and I am prepared to designate it as the most underrated film of 2001.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh
The movie has a modest but true feeling for the ways in which people are formed by the ravages of their natural surroundings.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
Spacey brilliantly shows Quoyle's transformation from a passive clod to a curious journalist.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
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