Beyond the Ocean
Anthology Film Archives | Release Date: January 24, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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1
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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Chicago TribunePatrick Z. McGavin
Never quite measures up to Pemberton's reach, but there remains enough to be excited about to wonder what will follow this imperfectly made though valuable work. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Despite its floating narrative, this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
Dour and bleak, yet this melodrama -- which doesn't amount to much of anything -- may stick with you. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
Beyond the Ocean, which at its best is reminiscent of Jim Jarmusch's "Stranger in Paradise," doesn't integrate its two story lines in a particularly satisfying manner and the ending is somewhat abrupt. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Doesn't have the content to match the form, never cohering into anything more substantial than a glum navel-gazer about a little girl lost, unable to find a permanent home (literally or figuratively) on either side of the Atlantic. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderHank Sartin
Both provocative and awkwardly arty. Read full review
40
Film ThreatMerle Bertrand
Ultimately sinks beneath the waves of the Caspian Sea. Read full review
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