By the Sea

Universal Pictures | Release Date: November 13, 2015

5.6	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 66 Ratings

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raefonDec 25, 2015

Oh my god, to say this movie if you can call it that is rubbish is an understatement, Jolie should stick to her day job of being a skeleton model to the African nation rather than bring such rubbish to the silver screen.

It has not aOh my god, to say this movie if you can call it that is rubbish is an understatement, Jolie should stick to her day job of being a skeleton model to the African nation rather than bring such rubbish to the silver screen.

It has not a single redeeming quality, with the acting, setting, plot and characters willing me to wish a gunmen would enter the cinema to put me out of my misery.

Send the reals to Syria and ISIS would be blowing themselves up to save watching this all the way through.

Avoid at all costs.… Expand

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PaisleyUnderJan 10, 2016

This film is nothing but Brangelina getting on a high horse. Every attempt to pause and gain any deep reflection above and beyond it even feels far-fetched.

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allisonjane65Nov 16, 2015

Some movies simply don't deserve the scathing reviews they receive and others clearly do. By The Sea justly deserves the bad reviews it's been getting. It's deathly dull and dreary and not at all poignant or meaningful, something itSome movies simply don't deserve the scathing reviews they receive and others clearly do. By The Sea justly deserves the bad reviews it's been getting. It's deathly dull and dreary and not at all poignant or meaningful, something it desperately wants to be. Avoid.… Expand

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The3AcademySinsNov 13, 2016

When I first saw the trailer for "By the Sea" I was excited to see this movie! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in a hard hitting drama? AND Jolie is directing and writing? Sign me up! I expected an extremely personal narrative about a marriedWhen I first saw the trailer for "By the Sea" I was excited to see this movie! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in a hard hitting drama? AND Jolie is directing and writing? Sign me up! I expected an extremely personal narrative about a married couple going through a rough patch. Instead, I got an embarrassing mess. Jolie tries WAY to hard to mimic the ennui that French art films are known for. What she fails to realize is that ennui DRIVES the action, whereas in By The Sea, it kills the story. The plot is laughably easy to guess. The pacing makes this two hour lifetime drama feel like four hours. The color palette is atrocious and incredibly ugly to look at. Who was Jolie trying to impress in making this movie? Why was this movie made? Was Brad Pitt high the entire time it was filming? WHY WAS THIS MOVIE MADE? No wonder Brangelina fell apart two months after this was released.… Expand

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schiu3388Sep 23, 2016

This movie was so slow and bored. Brad did not perform good at all. He performed badly comparing with "Legend of the Fall". It was a waste of time watching this movie.

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crow4evaJan 28, 2016

My God! Another pathetic attempt from Angelina Jolie to desperately make an 'artistic' release to wow the fat cats of cinema! She falls short, very short, an to imply that cheating on your partner is part of the grieving process...I shouldn'tMy God! Another pathetic attempt from Angelina Jolie to desperately make an 'artistic' release to wow the fat cats of cinema! She falls short, very short, an to imply that cheating on your partner is part of the grieving process...I shouldn't expect much from Jolie! What a waste of my time.… Expand

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JoeCoolFeb 9, 2020

Boring sums it up nicely. I actually dozed off a couple of times watching this movie. Beautiful imagery, decent acting, obscure message if there even is one.

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amheretojudgeSep 17, 2018

all the bickering and jealousy..

By The Sea By The Sea is a character driven romantic drama about a couple whose honeymoon goes haywire after jealousy and treachery gets in between them. The chemistry fuels this overridden drama to reachall the bickering and jealousy..

By The Sea

By The Sea is a character driven romantic drama about a couple whose honeymoon goes haywire after jealousy and treachery gets in between them. The chemistry fuels this overridden drama to reach newer territories without fumbling where the audience wouldn't mind taking a ride along with them, no matter how annoying the couple grows with all the bickering and jealousy. But, even as strong as chemistry like such could never replace the substance over style. And the primary reason why the feature is stuck on a dull loop, is because of the genre of the premise. It requires the weaving of the structure in front of the audience and it is such poorly written with no bars held, that emotions set out were so not what the emotions come out. The narration is dry with probably somewhat gripping screenplay that too wears out latter, as the policies grows pretentious, the gist loud and the emotions shallow. The background score may as well be non existent on terms of its factoring, the cinematography is redundant along with poor editing and on the up side it has stunning visuals, live locations and is beautifully shot. Pitt is more "Mr. And Mrs. Smith"-y than when he was in it, whilst Jolie is milking way too much to keep the crisp alive. The talent that actually goes waste by is Laurent that is convincing on her supporting role. Jolie's execution has definitely improved a lot, but the script is the actual culprit in here that holds the ideology narrower and keeps it intact of its self-created pathos scrutiny. The chemistry among the lead cast, few one liners and visual aesthetics are the only high points of the feature. By The Sea is a bore; I'll just say it straight out, it is a bore to a point where even the somewhat visible craft isn't appreciative.… Expand

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