Year by the Sea
Real Women Make Waves | Release Date: September 8, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
67
The Film StageJose SolísSep 9, 2017
Joan’s peculiar kind of charm is mostly owed to Allen, who gives what might be the most complex, layered performance of her career. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenSep 7, 2017
Joan’s story unfolds all too neatly, but in Allen’s spark and grace there’s a real sense of discovery. Read full review
50
Washington PostSusan WloszczynaSep 21, 2017
Instead of a hearty chowder of emotional highs and lows, first-time director Alexander Janko, who also adapted the script, settles for a diluted, Campbell’s-Soup version of getting one’s groove back. Read full review
50
The New York TimesGlenn KennySep 7, 2017
The movie is not entirely my cup of tea, although it is refreshing in its depiction of diverse, older female characters. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlSep 7, 2017
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. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinSep 14, 2017
Unfortunately, this overlong picture rarely feels particularly authentic. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy BurrSep 20, 2017
Year by the Sea is for audiences who don’t trust the shiftiness of nuance and craft, of messages that rise up from dramatic situations rather than being pasted on top of them, and who would prefer their life lessons stated loudly and for maximum applicability. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 7, 2017
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. Read full review
35
TheWrapTricia OlszewskiSep 8, 2017
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. Read full review
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