“You know, the Chinese have forgotten more about sailing than the rest of the world ever knew.” ~Quotes from “T he Shipping News” by Annie Proulx See, you can be anything you want with a fresh start.” “You’ve got a chance to start out all over again. The sooner you say ‘Yes, it happened, and there’s nothing I can do about it,’ the sooner you can get on with your own life.
“We face up to awful things because we can’t go around them, or forget them. Haunted by the demons of his past, he settles in the town, working to establish a home for he and his daughters. With his aunt Agnis, and his two young daughters Bunny and Sunshine, he moves to the Newfoundland coast to take up a position as reporter of the shipping news at the local paper. Quoyle has a failed marriage, and a series of failed jobs. It is definitely worth watching.Quirky, compelling and in parts quite comical. I have rated this movie 7/10, but it maybe deserved a little more. The only thing I would critisise is that the movie maybe could have been a bit longer, there were a few issues that I would like to have seen sorted out. Actually there are mainly positive things to say about this movie, the picture quality was good and the environment at Newfoundland created a good atmosphere. The acting is great, the stars I mentioned earlier deliver good performances, but we also get the pleasure to watch other good actors too, so the cast really gives us a good movie. Anyway, it is not needed in Shipping News and Lasse Hallström understands this very well. Dramas can be too depressing sometimes, but it is of course sometimes needed to make a statement.
The movie is mostly a drama, but it succeeds in giving the audience some laughs when needed, which is important to me. Furthermore we got supporting actresses such as the lovely Julianne Moore and talented Cate Blanchett, it was promising. Lasse Hallström did a good job when he directed The Cider House Rules, and Kevin Spacey is of course a good actor with movies like The Usual Suspects, LA Confidential and K-Pax. I had seen the good rating of Shipping News before I watched it, and I would like to give it a shot.
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