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The Shipping News (2001)

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Release Date: December 25, 2001 (Limited)
January 18, 2002
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Running Time: 111 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for some language, sexuality and disturbing images.
Director: Lasse Hallström
Writer: Robert Nelson Jacobs
Cast: Gordon Pinsent, Katherine Moennig, Jason Behr, Pete Postlethwaite, Rhys Ifans, Scott Glenn, Dame Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore, Kevin Spacey

A struggling newspaper writer returns home with his two daughters to a small fishing town in Newfoundland, after an incident with their mother. Read more

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Grade: A Comedy, drama, and really messed up stuff blend together seamlessly in The Shipping News, Kevin Spacey's best movie since American Beauty. Read the full movie review

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