Average Rating: 7.6/10
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Held aloft by a transfixing performance from Javier Bardem as a terminally ill man who chooses to die, The Sea Inside transcends its melodramatic story with tenderness and grace.
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 7
Held aloft by a transfixing performance from Javier Bardem as a terminally ill man who chooses to die, The Sea Inside transcends its melodramatic story with tenderness and grace.
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Two of the most talented figures in contemporary Spanish cinema -- actor Javier Bardem and director Alejandro Amenábar -- collaborate for this powerful drama, based on a true story. Ramón Sampedro (Javier Bardem) was a fisherman and part-time poet who, at the age of 26, suffered an accident while diving that left him a bedridden quadriplegic. Now 54, Ramón must depend on his family to survive -- his macho brother José (Celso Bugallo), José's wife, Manuela (Mabel Rivera), and their son, Javi
PG-13, 2 hr. 5 min.
Nov 14, 2004 Wide
May 17, 2005
$1.9M
Fine Line Features
All Critics (141) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (113) | Rotten (21) | DVD (28)
If ever there was a film that deserved to get the proverbial bump from Oscar, this is it. Rarely has any film so focused on death felt so vibrantly alive.
For whatever reason, it's an injustice that Bardem was not nominated for best actor.
Bardem's Ramón is such a vital life force, it's all the more bittersweet to watch him fight to leave a world that would be much emptier and sadder without him in it.
Bardem's performance is the movie.
In death is found a profound argument for life.
Fascinating story too complex for young viewers.
It's a good movie. It's just not a movie for which I can work up much personal enthusiasm.
Bio-pic chronicles quadriplegic Ramon's Sampredo's 28-year crusade to legalize euthanasia in order that he be allowed to die with dignity.
The production itself is so rich in authentic emotional life and breathtaking visuals, word of mouth and positive reviews should carry the (pay) day.
Bio-pic chronicles quadriplegic Ramon's Sampredo's 28-year crusade to legalize euthanasia in order that he be allowed to die with dignity.
The film is worth seeing, but only if you're prepared to set aside your aversion to its polemic in order to experience its compassion.
An intelligent and moving treatment of a potentially maudlin subject matter.
Euthanasia is a tricky subject, not one you can go into lightly. Alejandro Amenábar was a brave man to tackle the story of Ramon Sampedro but I thought he did it respectfully and honestly. I'm yet to see a bad Javier Bardem performance either, he's rapidly becoming one of my all time favourite actors. Agree or disagree
September 16, 2011Super Reviewer
A very interesting topic is not served well in this overwrought dull drama. I love films that question morality and humanity. However, I don't want a bunch of people arriving and just discussion their feelings/emotions. If that's the case, a documentary would have been much more fitting. Bardem's performance is a thing
May 23, 2011Super Reviewer
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