When the Sea Rises

Name: When the Sea Rises
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: January 13, 2006
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 62

2006

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New Yorker Films | Release Date: January 13, 2006

Summary: A sweet and genuinely off-beat comedy about a 45-year-old actress (Moreau) traveling from one small town to another with her one-woman shoe "Dirty Business." (New Yorker Films)

Director: Gilles Porte and Yolande Moreau

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Runtime: 89 min

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V.A. Musetto

It's nice to see a love story that deals with mature people. We're not likely to get anything like it from Hollywood. So enjoy When the Sea Rises while you can. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

A delightfully off-kilter love story. I don't want to oversell this winsome little movie, but if you want a bittersweet but cheerful pick-me-up on a cold winter evening, it's just the ticket. Read full review

Stephen Holden

And as you watch her (Moreau) sink into this semiautobiographical role (she was herself a touring performer in the 1980's), the character emerges as a deep, multilayered woman: kind, gentle and happily partaking of life's simple pleasures much of the time, but when necessary, as tough as her stage character through whom she relishes expressing her residual anger at life's hardships and disappointments. Read full review

Jami Bernard

There's something sweet yet chilling in When the Sea Rises. If it had explored more of the chill, it might have turned into a knockout, absurdist thriller. Read full review

Lisa Nesselson

Modest but spot-on co-helming debut by actress Yolande Moreau (the concierge in "Amelie") and Gilles Porte is beguiling in the slightly surreal vein of the best of contempo Belgian cinema but without the typical nasty streak. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

If the movie stops short of exploring its own baggage, the actors still make for unforgettable company. Read full review

Scott Tobias

It's content enough just to drink in the regional flavor, appreciate the carefree heartiness of the locals, and allows these two eccentrics to have some good times before the carriage turns into a pumpkin. The film treads lightly, but leaves little impression. Read full review

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