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The director, Harold Guskin, and writer, Sandra Jennings, show admirable patience in letting the story unspool, and the actors reward them. Apr 5, 2013 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
The director, Harold Guskin, and writer, Sandra Jennings, show admirable patience in letting the story unspool, and the actors reward them.
Neil Genzlinger
None of it hangs together - particularly as the film heads into his final third, and you realize director Harold Guskin and screenwriter Sandra Jennings don't have a clue as to how to wrap things up. Apr 5, 2013 | Rating: 2/4
None of it hangs together - particularly as the film heads into his final third, and you realize director Harold Guskin and screenwriter Sandra Jennings don't have a clue as to how to wrap things up.
Stephen Whitty
Gandolfini and Janssen dance a delicate minuet around one another, pacing out a slow, quiet revelation of the shared past that has paralyzed their wills to happiness and change. Apr 4, 2013 | Full Review…
Gandolfini and Janssen dance a delicate minuet around one another, pacing out a slow, quiet revelation of the shared past that has paralyzed their wills to happiness and change.
Ella Taylor
Costa brings a nice, lived-in sexiness to the evocatively shot setting, and Gandolfini settles into his character with extraordinary skill and sensitivity. Apr 4, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Costa brings a nice, lived-in sexiness to the evocatively shot setting, and Gandolfini settles into his character with extraordinary skill and sensitivity.
Elizabeth Weitzman
Brando-wheezing Gandolfini never slums it, but there's still no shaking the sense that a pro has shown up for amateur hour. Apr 3, 2013 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Brando-wheezing Gandolfini never slums it, but there's still no shaking the sense that a pro has shown up for amateur hour.
Eric Hynes
Any moments of honesty are immediately drowned out by a blast of heartfelt tunes that assure you the scene you've been watching was significant. Apr 3, 2013 | Full Review…
Any moments of honesty are immediately drowned out by a blast of heartfelt tunes that assure you the scene you've been watching was significant.
Stephanie Carrie
Nearly drowns in its own tears. Jul 2, 2017 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
Nearly drowns in its own tears.
Dennis Schwartz
In terms of pace, Down the Shore walks a very narrow line between deliberate and utterly languid, but there are just enough strong performances and intriguing (if messy) dynamics to make it work. Apr 16, 2013 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
In terms of pace, Down the Shore walks a very narrow line between deliberate and utterly languid, but there are just enough strong performances and intriguing (if messy) dynamics to make it work.
Simon Brookfield
A small-scale, working-class character study that's never quite as nuanced and dramatic as it aspires to be. Apr 5, 2013
A small-scale, working-class character study that's never quite as nuanced and dramatic as it aspires to be.
Ethan Alter
Down the Shore suggests what might happen if TBS and Bruce Springsteen were to collaborate on a sitcom set in hell. Apr 1, 2013 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
Down the Shore suggests what might happen if TBS and Bruce Springsteen were to collaborate on a sitcom set in hell.
Chuck Bowen
The virtue of this standard family tale is James Gandolfini's most substantial feature role to date. Feb 7, 2011
The virtue of this standard family tale is James Gandolfini's most substantial feature role to date.
Robert Koehler
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