Rent The Shipping News (2001)
3.4 of 5 from 143 ratings
1h 47min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- After tragedy strikes, Quoyle (Spacey) moves with his daughter from upstate New York to his ancestral home in a small Newfoundland fishing village. With a job at the local newspaper and a developing romance with a woman (Moore) who lives with her own demons, Quoyle is transformed by this place of magic, beauty and hardship.
- Actors:
- Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Pete Postlethwaite, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Gordon Pinsent, Jason Behr, Larry Pine, Jeannetta Arnette, Robert Joy, Alyssa Gainer, Kaitlyn Gainer, Lauren Gainer
- Directors:
- Lasse Hallström
- Producers:
- Leslie Holleran
- Writers:
- Annie Proulx, Robert Nelson Jacobs
- Studio:
- Miramax
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, Getting to Know: Cate Blanchett
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 10/10/2011
- Run Time:
- 111 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Dive Beneath the Surface
- Feature Commentary With Director Lasse Hallstrom
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Over the top - The Shipping News review by JD
Although this is a pretty good plot everything feels excessive. The characters are all extreme. Spacey's character is extremely pathetic and Blanchett's extremely hedonistic, the reaction of the islanders to the departure of a visitor is wildly extreme and the effect of the wind on a house unbelievable. Talking of which Dench's accent is so variable as to be amusing. The returning from the dead scene is stretching credulity to beyond breaking point. Essentially poor direction but quite enjoyable.
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