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In CITY BY THE SEA, Robert De Niro plays Vincent, a New York City cop who is investigating a murder that leads him back to the place where he grew up--Long Beach. A born loner who is pained by his past but never shows it, Vincent rarely opens up to his partner (George Dzunda) or his girlfriend (Frances McDormand). However, when his son Joey (James Franco) is named as the murder suspect, he is challenged to confront his duties as a father and a cop. A constant dialogue between the good times and the bad, the past and the present, and the choices made along the way gives CITY BY THE SEA an emotional, contemplative edge. In its opening scene, a colorful vintage photograph of the happily crowded seaside at Long Beach in the 1970s fades into the cold gray dilapidated locale of the early 21st Century. Joey has similarly faded from a cheerful young boy to a broken junkie loitering on the boardwalk and living in an abandoned merry-go-round. And while Vincent maintains a contented balance between work and his noncommitted romance, it is clear that he feels his best days have passed. The violence and neglect that permeates life on Long Beach is the evil from which Vincent must now save his son, a gesture which breathes new life and new hope into the family he nearly deserted.
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Media Format: DVD
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: Michael Caton-jones
Actors: Robert De Niro/ Frances Mc Dormand/ James Franco/ Eliza Dushku/ William Forsythe
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Product Title: City by the Sea Widescreen DVD
Lowest Price: $4.99
Power Score: 2.7 | 5 Reviews
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Media Format: DVD
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
I wasn't expecting a great film but I also didn't expect the trash I watched. I am not even sure what to say. By the time Deniro confronts his son toward the end I was just hoping they both got shot.
This movie sucked. I only watched it because of Robert DeNiro, and his character was really boring. That movie dragged on and on and nothing happened.
City by the Sea (2002) receives an overall TopTenREVIEWS rating of 2.71 out of 4.00. It is ranked the #3,735 movie of all time, #155 movie from 2002 and #1,983 Drama movie of all time. The rating and ranking is based on an average of 161 critic scores, awards and other criteria. To see a breakdown of the movie ranking, read individual critic reviews, or see how other movies ranked, click on the...
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Even though the movie is well acted, it sinks under an abundance of melodrama and cliches.
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City by the Sea Widescreen DVD
Watchable, and De Niro is as competent as ever, but far from compelling.