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The House by the Sea takes an unhurried approach to its varied themes -- and rewards viewers' patience with a solidly well-acted character-driven drama.
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It's beautifully done. Perfectly balanced. Always compassionate. January 14, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It's beautifully done. Perfectly balanced. Always compassionate.
Kevin Maher
A languorous look at family and modernity that only just manages to give each their due. January 11, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A languorous look at family and modernity that only just manages to give each their due.
Rory Marsh
However well-intentioned and well-crafted, there is something self-regarding and stagey in its narrative contrivances. January 11, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
However well-intentioned and well-crafted, there is something self-regarding and stagey in its narrative contrivances.
Peter Bradshaw
Guediguian remains very tuned in to the myriad problems associated with living in a village and on the coast in the 21st century. September 4, 2017 | Full Review…
Guediguian remains very tuned in to the myriad problems associated with living in a village and on the coast in the 21st century.
Boyd van Hoeij
"The House by the Sea" feels like the work of a filmmaker gazing back over his own filmography as one might across a sparkling blue sea, and observing its tides. September 4, 2017 | Full Review…
"The House by the Sea" feels like the work of a filmmaker gazing back over his own filmography as one might across a sparkling blue sea, and observing its tides.
Jessica Kiang
The house by the sea is the most skeptical and taciturn work of the director who always showed the greatest social optimism in contemporary French cinema. [Full Review in Spanish] June 13, 2019 | Full Review…
The house by the sea is the most skeptical and taciturn work of the director who always showed the greatest social optimism in contemporary French cinema. [Full Review in Spanish]
Carlos Bonfil
It's a bit hodgepodge, but the three actors are poignantly convincing together. January 22, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's a bit hodgepodge, but the three actors are poignantly convincing together.
Edward Porter
Perhaps something was lost in translation here, and the original French dialogue makes more sense or is less irritatingly trite. But even if that is the case, lazy story work and a uniformly bad cast still sink The House by the Sea. January 18, 2019 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Perhaps something was lost in translation here, and the original French dialogue makes more sense or is less irritatingly trite. But even if that is the case, lazy story work and a uniformly bad cast still sink The House by the Sea.
Jack Blackwell
So the film throws up a tangle of interesting ideas. It gradually becomes more nuanced than it at first appears as its characters slowly become more rounded and sympathetic. January 14, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
So the film throws up a tangle of interesting ideas. It gradually becomes more nuanced than it at first appears as its characters slowly become more rounded and sympathetic.
Alexa Dalby
It's well-meaning and the naturalistic performances are persuasive. But there's a certain rheumatic stiffness to the writing, which treads rather heavily as it negotiates themes that would benefit from a lighter step. January 13, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's well-meaning and the naturalistic performances are persuasive. But there's a certain rheumatic stiffness to the writing, which treads rather heavily as it negotiates themes that would benefit from a lighter step.
Wendy Ide
Children and parents, love and death, memories, class and values and this is the little world and world at large. Go and watch this film if you like your films slow, melodic and thoughtful! January 11, 2019 | Full Review…
Children and parents, love and death, memories, class and values and this is the little world and world at large. Go and watch this film if you like your films slow, melodic and thoughtful!
Rosalynn Try-Hane
Anyone who enjoys classic French art house drama will find plenty to relish here. January 10, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Anyone who enjoys classic French art house drama will find plenty to relish here.
Geoffrey Macnab
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