Year by the Sea

Year by the Sea
Directed by Alexander Janko
Produced by Laura Goodenow
Alexander Janko
Dale Armin Johnson
Bill Latka
Written by Alexander Janko
Based on A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman
by Joan Anderson
Starring Karen Allen
Music by Alexander Janko
Cinematography Bryan Papierski
Edited by Noriko Sakamoto
Production
company
Montabela Productions
Rivet Entertainment LLC
Distributed by Real Women Make Waves
Release date
  • April 9, 2016 (2016-04-09) (Vail)
Running time
 114 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Year by the Sea is a 2016 American comedy-drama film starring Karen Allen.[1][2][3][4] It is the screenwriting and directorial debut of Alexander Janko.[5] The film is based on Joan Anderson's 2000 memoir A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman.[6]

Plot

Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod where she embarks upon a quest to set herself free.

Cast

Reception

The film has a 50% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[7] Josh Terry of the Deseret News awarded the film two and a half stars.[8] Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic awarded the film two stars out of five.[9] Susan Wloszczyna of The Washington Post awarded the film two stars out of four.[10] Ty Burr of The Boston Globe awarded the film one and a half stars.[11]

Al Alexander of The Patriot Ledger gave the film a negative review and wrote that it "is little more than a lame excuse for good actors to embarrass themselves by uttering eye-rolling bromides about aging gracefully."[12]

References

  1. ↑ Linden, Sheri (6 September 2017). "'Year by the Sea': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Ayuso, Pilar (23 February 2017). "'Year by the sea', sensiblero y demodé". El Nuevo Herald. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Olszewski, Tricia (8 September 2017). "'Year by the Sea' Review: Female Empowerment Comedy Is Insufferably Twee". TheWrap. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Goldstein, Gary (28 December 2017). "Review Karen Allen is a wonder, but she deserves better than 'Year by the Sea'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Means, Sean P. (28 September 2017). "'Year by the Sea' is a soggy tale of self-discovery". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Horwitz, Simi (6 September 2017). "Film Review: Year by the Sea". Film Journal International. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Year by the Sea". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  8. ↑ Terry, Josh (2 October 2017). "Movie review: Memoir-based 'Year By the Sea' considers self-discovery through marital separation". Deseret News. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  9. ↑ Goodykoontz, Bill (21 September 2017). "'Year by the Sea' stranded by cliches, bad writing". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  10. ↑ Wloszczyna, Susan (21 September 2017). "'Year by the Sea': Only sporadic melodrama in this vicarious trip to Cape Cod". The Washington Post. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  11. ↑ Burr, Ty (21 September 2017). "Karen Allen is the one true thing in 'Year by the Sea'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  12. ↑ Alexander, Al (21 September 2017). "Movie review: 'Year' is lost at sea". The Patriot Ledger. Retrieved 28 December 2017.


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