The Shipping News

Get Showtimes + Tickets

    
  • Opened December 25, 2001 
  • 2 hr 5 min
  • | coarse language, sexual content, mature themes and frightening scenes

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 15+. More on child suitability

  • Traces one man's extraordinary journey toward self -discovery when he returns to his ancestral home on the coast of Newfoundland. After the death of his estranged wife, Quoyle's fortunes begin to change when his long-lost aunt convinces him and his daughter to head north. Now, in a place where life is as rough as the weather and secrets are as vast as the ocean, Quoyle lands a job as a reporter for the local paper. In the course of his new career he uncovers some dark family secrets. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Scott Glenn, Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Pete Postlethwaite
  • Director: Lasse Hallström
  • Genres: Drama

What's the Buzz?

Go
Fans say Go
1 fans
Read fan reviews
So-so
Critics say So-So
47 out of 100
Read critic reviews
Write your own review

Critic Reviews

75
San Francisco Chronicle
| Bob Graham

It's hardly possible to overstate what a welcome change of pace The Shipping News is for admirers of Kevin Spacey. Read full review

75
Chicago Tribune
| Michael Wilmington

Beside its major virtues, it contains a vice: that one flat lead performance. Who would have thought Kevin Spacey would ever go dull on us? Read full review

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

Despite its haunting artistry and its winning eccentricities, The Shipping News is a vehicle that's still very much at sea. Read full review

63
Boston Globe
| Jay Carr

The Shipping News is good news, but not as good as it could have been. Read full review

Read more critic reviews

Offers + More

Photos