By the Sea
Set in mid-1970s France, former dancer Vanessa and her husband, American writer Roland, travel the country together and find that their time in a sleepy seaside town, complete with a unique array of locals, strengthens their bond and reaffirms their marriage.
21 June 1943, Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
21 February 1983, Paris, France
8 February 1949, Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
4 June 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 January 1942, Moulins, Allier, France
September 13, 1957 in Malta
January 10, 2017
This movie would have been a lot better if it weren't so concerned with being beautiful or important.
July 14, 2016
For those of you who complain about the multiplex offering nothing of substance for adult audiences, this is a grand opportunity for you to put your money where your mouth is.
November 20, 2015
The point to all this seems to be life is cruel and people are jerks, but sometimes very good-looking jerks. Deep.
May 10, 2016
Jolie-Pitt, as director, is wading into the territory of Antonioni's bourgeois disaffection... But it takes much more than this to make art out of inertia.
November 19, 2015
Pitt invests the vague, cranky relationship with his usual intelligence and restraint, but the movie is destined to rank with such celebrity-couple fiascos as Gigli (2003) and Shanghai Surprise (1986).
November 23, 2015
The actors aren't unhinged enough for the scathing conceit, and the script is more of a mechanism than a revelation.
November 19, 2015
It's very, very slow, with probably only 20 minutes in a two-plus-hour movie in which something could be said to be happening.
November 19, 2015
What are the artistic purposes for this tedious collection of frowning, drinking, bickering, peeping and smoking scenes? "By the Sea" is long on perverse images but short on ideas.
July 25, 2016
There is no doubt that this drama is a half-hour too long and slow-moving, but Jolie and Pitt do some of their best work in scenes here -- and they don't hold back.
May 03, 2016
There's something unshakable about it, and something remarkable about the fact that it exists at all.
December 31, 2015
It's a fascinating experiment, and proof that Jolie truly has directorial chops and an extraordinary eye for imagery.
July 10, 2016
Might truly be the most narcissistic vanity project of all time.
