| The Shipping News Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 2/4) |
| A movie starring Kevin Spacey, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Scott Glenn and
Julianne Moore? And directed by Lasse Hallstrom? I am there. Well, I was there
and was underwhelmed. "The Shipping News" is fitfully engaging at times, but its
haphazard moods and...more |
| The Shipping News Review |
| by John Sylva (Rating: B) |
| In one of the more showy casting choices of the year, young triplets Alyssa,
Kaitlyn, and Lauren Gainer all portray the same character of the bashful
Bunny in Lasse Hallström's The Shipping News. Though graced with the always
interesting direction of...more |
| The Shipping News Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C+) |
| SHIPPING NEWS, THE (director/writer: Lasse Hallstrom; screenwriters: Robert
Nelson Jacobs, based on the novel by E. Annie Proulx; cinematographer: Oliver
Stapleton; editor: Andrew Mondshein; music: Christopher Young; cast: Kevin
Spacey (Quoyle),...more |
| The Shipping News Review |
| by Jonathan F. Richards |
| There is something naggingly off-center about “The Shipping News”, and the
best place to seek out the problem is at the center. Kevin Spacey plays Quoyle,
the central character, and it’s hard to know what to make of him. When we first
meet Quoyle...more |
| The Shipping News Review |
| by Rose 'Bams' Cooper |
| THE SHIPPING NEWS (2001)
Rated R; running time 111 minutes
Studios: Miramax
Genre: Drama
Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan)
Official site: http://www.theshippingnews.com/
IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0120824
Written by:...more |
| The Shipping News Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 1.5/4) |
| THE SHIPPING NEWS (2001) 1 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Kevin Spacey, Julianne
Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Pete Postlethwaite, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans,
Gordon Pinsent and Alyssa, Kaitlyn and Lauren Gainer. Music by Christopher
Young. Screenplay...more |
| The Shipping News Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 6/10) |
| CAPSULE: An American newspaper worker whose life is in
disarray finds a chance to belong to a community and to
heal himself in a Newfoundland fishing village. This
is the familiar plot based on the novel by E. Annie
Proulx....more |
| The Shipping News Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| In December of 1999, Miramax films snuck "The Cider House Rules" into
theaters just in time for Oscar® consideration. The film, a literary
adaptation directed by Lasse Hallström, was nominated for seven Academy
Awards and won just two. In December of...more |
| The Shipping News Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 3/4) |
| Directed by Lasse Hallström. Screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs, based on
the novel by E Annie Proulx. Starring Kevin Spacey, Judi Dench, Julianne
Moore. Running time: 125 minutes. Rated AA by the MFCB. Reviewed on
January 2nd, 2002. more |
| The Shipping News Review |
| by Karina Montgomery |
| The reviewer tried to read the book. Thin, 337 pages, a trifle. On more
than one occasion labored over the prose. Curt, choppy poetry that defies
engagement of interest when lacking dialogue. Cursing as she struggled to
plough onward, salty sweat on...more |
| The Shipping News Review |
| by Laura Clifford |
| Quoyle (Kevin Spacey, K-PAX) is haunted by the memory of his father's
swimming lesson. The young boy almost drowned after being tossed off a
pier and goaded by dad. His imagined failure will haunt his formative
years where he drifts through a series...more |
| The Shipping News Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Miramax Films/ Winkler Films
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Writer: Robert Nelson Jacobs
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate
Blanchett, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Gordon Pinsent, Pete
Postlethwaite more |
| The Shipping News Review |
| by Joshua Tyler (Rating: 2.5/5) |
| Kevin Spacey is the Spock of serious actors. He's dependable,
methodical, passionless, a huge fan of saying everything by saying
nothing at all. He tends to gravitate towards characters hiding some
sort of fiery secret pain by denying themselves...more |
| The Shipping News Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Lasse Hallström's THE SHIPPING NEWS, a schmaltzy snoozer, is Miramax's canonical
weeper for the Christmas season. I'm not a fan of Lasse Hallström's THE CIDER
HOUSE RULES, but it is superior to THE SHIPPING NEWS, which, even if it is based
on a popular...more |
| The Shipping News Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 4/10) |
| PLOT:
One night after sleeping with a sleaze, a pussy-whipped man believes himself to
be in love with the woman. Nine months later, they are married, have a kid
together and she brings home other men for the purposes of recreational whoring.
What does he...more |
| The Shipping News Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| What in the world happened to Lasse Hallström? After making a name for
himself with cool, edgy films like My Life as a Dog and What's Eating
Gilbert Grape, the Swedish director helmed the commercial flop Something To
Talk About and has churned out three...more |
