SummaryAfter 30 years as a wife and mother, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod rather than follow her relocated husband to Kansas. Intent to rediscover herself but plagued with guilt, she questions her decision until stumbling upon a spirited mentor. Supported by her literary agent and a host of locals, including a sexy fisherman, our heroine learns t... Read More
Directed By:Alexander Janko
Written By:Joan Anderson, Alexander Janko
Year by the Sea
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Mixed or Average
43
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8.5
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Mixed or Average
11% Positive
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Sep 9, 2017
67
Joan’s peculiar kind of charm is mostly owed to Allen, who gives what might be the most complex, layered performance of her career.
Sep 7, 2017
60
Joan’s story unfolds all too neatly, but in Allen’s spark and grace there’s a real sense of discovery.
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Jun 11, 2018
10
I absolutely love this movie!! I think it should be a must see for all women but men will like it too.
Sep 27, 2017
10
I really enjoyed this movie. The cast worked well together. If you like action movies etc this isn't for you. This movie reminded me a little of "something's gotta give". I will be watching it again.
Sep 7, 2017
50
It’s less the story of a woman taking a year off from city life and her husband than it is a pleasant revue of sketches and scenarios on that topic.
Sep 7, 2017
50
The movie is not entirely my cup of tea, although it is refreshing in its depiction of diverse, older female characters.
Sep 14, 2017
40
Unfortunately, this overlong picture rarely feels particularly authentic.
Mar 7, 2017
38
Nothing much happens here. It’s scenic, but writer-director Alexander Janko has cast the thing with no flavor. Nobody has an accent, not even the local Cape Cod characters.
Sep 8, 2017
35
Even women will lose their man cards if they buy a ticket to Year by the Sea, a figurative and nearly retch-inducing celebration of the ovary based on a best-selling memoir by Joan Anderson.
Mar 13, 2017
5
In 1989 there was a very popular play and movie called “Shirley Valentine” which could be summarized as a middle-aged housewife, wondering what happened to her life. When a friend wins a vacation, Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.
In “Year By The Sea” Karen Allen plays Joan who is facing two crisis in her life with the first experiencing a mother whose children have left the nest and the second being her husband telling her that his firm is closing the office in the area they and he made the decision they would transfer to Wichita without talking to her first.
Joan, a writer, makes her own decision to take off to Cape Cod for a year to write a new book and find out who she really is besides being a mother, wife and writer.
We take that journey with her and a splendid cast made up of Allen, Celia Imrie, S. Epahta Merkerson, Yannick Bisson, Michael Cristofer among others.
“Year By The Sea” is a pleasant film, easy to watch, but it is the many glorious shots of the sea and the surrounding area that are really the star of the movie.
Production Company:
- Montabela Productions
- Real Women Make Waves
- Rivet Entertainment LLC
Release Date:Sep 8, 2017
Duration:1 h 54 m
Tagline:It's never too late to reclaim your life...
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Awards
Rhode Island International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Hamilton Film Festival, CA
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Vail Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
