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All rights reserved.The Shipping News (2002, VHS)
All The News You're Too Bored To Care About. 'The Shipping News'Review created: 01/25/03
by: Vormancian -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Scott Glenn. The story, if you can manage to work out the better version.
Scott Glenn. The story, if you can manage to work out the better version.
Cons:
Screenplay. Direction. Other actors are off.
Screenplay. Direction. Other actors are off.
The Shipping News is the sort of movie that has a question at its core (even according to itself), and it s the sort of movie that needs one. The question at the core of it is (something like), Can a shy, inept man who has spent his life stuck in a rut, doing nothing, getting nowhere, change himself and get somewhere . That is, at least potentially, an interesting question (because right inside that question is the further question Can any of us? ), and the movie runs right alongside that question all the way through. In the earliest parts of the movie, as we see our main character Quoyle ...
Review ID: 10000000001583703
The Shipping News - Throw it off the bridge and save some timeReview created: 10/29/04
by: CyndiA -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
The plot (in the book reviews) sounds interesting.
The plot (in the book reviews) sounds interesting.
Cons:
Good grief. I did not buy this from the start. Nothing worked at all.
Good grief. I did not buy this from the start. Nothing worked at all.
Shipping News starts off with the very clich scene of a father throwing the kid in the lake sink or swim. Yep. I m sure it was done. I know it was done. But, the dock toss has been done to death in literature and film. And, really now, if that is the very worst thing that happens in your childhood, then you are very lucky as long as you did not drown straight up when tossed in. That could be a problem to be sure. It probably did happen (ending up dead) to someone, somewhere, but it did not happen to Quoyle (Kevin Spacey). This guy manages to make it to adulthood with all his flaws and pretty..
Review ID: 10000000001583705
Life as a house, boat, newspaper, sea, and swimming lessonReview created: 06/27/02
by: d_fienberg -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Much of the sterling cast shines. Everything looks right.
Much of the sterling cast shines. Everything looks right.
Cons:
Poor Kevin Spacey. Must have seemed like a good idea at the time.
Poor Kevin Spacey. Must have seemed like a good idea at the time.
Somewhere along the line, the people involved in producing The Shipping News became so concerned with making a prestigious picture that they stopped paying any attention to making a truly good picture. After going through half a dozen different directors and half a dozen different stars since the release of Annie Proulx's award winning book, Miramax finally handed the project over to the company good luck charm. And I don't mean Gwyneth Paltrow (though it's probably a minor miracle that she wasn't cast here somewhere). I'm referring to that master of the respectful middle-of-the-road award...
Review ID: 10000000001583704
Brilliant actors saved from storm of deadly criticismReview created: 07/24/02
by: deaser26 -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Beautiful scenery, delightful acting
Beautiful scenery, delightful acting
Cons:
Dark story lines, no Newfie dogs, too much fish
Dark story lines, no Newfie dogs, too much fish
Film from a strange dark land The Shipping News is a film rich in strange imagery, and odd characters. There are step-like rocks, towering above a freezing sea, lesbian grandmas, seal-knuckle pies, squid sandwiches, oil tankers, news stories, moose induced car wrecks and a whole lot of revelation. There is a lot of good writing, breath taking scenery and a lot of really good acting. This is a Kevin Spacey movie a delicious one, with a tremendous human drama and some strange second sight. There is a certain mystique about ocean faring men, and the weird mentality that comes with summers that...
Review ID: 10000000001583706
Extra! Extra!Review created: 09/12/02
by: MrsNormanMaine -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Some lovely photography of Newfoundland.
Some lovely photography of Newfoundland.
Cons:
A tragic waste of capable actors.
A tragic waste of capable actors.
I am absolutely exhausted. Three weeks of location shooting in Europe will do that to even a star of my magnitude and legendary stamina. Fortunately, we've captured the footage we need for my spectacular new film musical, Goodfollies, and I have returned to Chateau Maine in order to film the studio portions of the picture. I have so many tales to tell from our adventures on the other side of the pond - I'll have to get busy with my viewing and reviewing in order to get with them all. I departed from Hollywood for our first stop, London, at the end of August. There was some confusion at LAX. I.
Review ID: 10000000001583707
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