Year By The Sea
Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, Joan retreats to Cape Cod rather than follow her husband to Kansas. There she embarks upon a quest to set herself free.
26 October 1966, USA
7 September 1970, USA
8 May 2003, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
28 November 1952, Saginaw, Michigan, USA
14 May 1925, Bronx, New York, USA
16 May 1969, Montréal, Québec, Canada
22 January 1945, Trenton, New Jersey, USA
December 01, 2017
A quiet movie, as it should be. Joan finds herself because she slows down and listens to her own needs and wants, to nature and the day-to-day rhythms of the village she's become a temporary part of.
September 28, 2017
The characters in the self-discovery melodrama Year by the Sea are in danger of drowning -- not in the cold North Atlantic waters, but in the tidal wave of maritime metaphors unleashed by the script.
September 21, 2017
"Year by the Sea" is for audiences who don't trust the shiftiness of nuance and craft, of messages that rise up from dramatic situations rather than being pasted on top of them, and who would prefer their life lessons stated loudly ...
September 11, 2017
[Year by the Sea] is not a film trying to show the extraordinary in the mundane, but rather create a space for characters like Joan to figure out what they can become.
September 08, 2017
A figurative and nearly retch-inducing celebration of the ovary.
September 21, 2017
Instead of a hearty chowder of emotional highs and lows, first-time director Alexander Janko, who also adapted the script, settles for a diluted, Campbell's-Soup version of getting one's groove back.
September 07, 2017
The movie is not entirely my cup of tea, although it is refreshing in its depiction of diverse, older female characters.
September 14, 2017
The soundtrack alone, with its intrusive string of montage-backing soft rock tunes, could shut down less forgiving viewers.
October 05, 2017
Joan will no doubt be relatable for many longtime spouses who have spent their lifetimes focused on the needs of their children.
September 10, 2017
Subtly sincere, if soggy, renewal melodrama. If you liked EAT PRAY LOVE, UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN and 45 YEARS, you'll enjoy this....
September 22, 2017
The dialogue consists of almost comically generic self-help pabulum, uttered with the pseudo sincerity of someone pretending it's something enlightening. It's not.
September 24, 2017
"Sea" is little more than a lame excuse for good actors to embarrass themselves by uttering eye-rolling bromides about aging gracefully.
