The Shipping News
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- Synopsis
- A newspaper man (Kevin Spacey) leaves New York for Newfoundland after the death of his wife (Cate Blanchett). In that new landscape he finds a new love (Julianne Moore) and comes to terms with his loss and his life....
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- Starring
- Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Pete Postlethwaite
- Director(s)
- Lasse Hallström
- Distributor(s)
- Miramax
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 113 min.
Critic Reviews
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San Francisco Chronicle | Bob GrahamAdd Critic to Favorites
It's hardly possible to overstate what a welcome change of pace The Shipping News is for admirers of Kevin Spacey.Read the full review
Washington Post | Rita KempleyAdd Critic to Favorites
It's worth seeing at the very least because it is so different from standard Hollywood fare.Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
But, lord, the characters are tireless in their peculiarities; it's as if the movie took the most colorful folks in Lake Wobegon, dehydrated them, concentrated the granules, shipped them to Newfoundland, reconstituted them with Molson's and issued them Canadian passports.Read the full review
