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City by the Sea

2002

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 48% · 143 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 40% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 27209 27.2K

drug addiction murder police investigation homicide detective estranged son

Plot summary

Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to great lengths to distance himself from his past, but then makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime.

Director

Michael Caton-Jones Photo
Michael Caton-Jones

Top cast

Robert De Niro Photo
Robert De Niro as Vincent LaMarca
Patti LuPone Photo
Patti LuPone as Maggie
James Franco Photo
James Franco as Joey
Eliza Dushku Photo
Eliza Dushku as Gina
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995.88 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 2
1.81 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 14

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Amityville15 6 / 10

A film that wasn't bad but certainly wasn't great...

Vincent LaMarca's job is to arrest killers, but this job is different. The suspect he is tracking is his own son. As a cop, LaMarca must bring the accused to justice. As a father he must try and help his son. However LaMarca owes his son more than that as he walked out on him and he is also plagued by his own bad memories of his father and how he was executed for murder.This film starred: Robert De Niro, James Franco & Frances McDormand.City By The Sea was released in 2002. When I saw the trailers for this film I thought it was going to be really good. With a great actor like De Niro and an up-coming star in James Franco I was really expecting good things from this movie. However, in my opinion this film didn't deliver. It was OK but it bored me some parts and apart from the end scene I wasn't as moved as what I had expected from this film. I don't recommend this film because you will probably be left disappointed. ***/***** Could be worse.
Reviewed by t1n02112 6 / 10

Modernized, Urbanized father-son drama, but an unbalanced film

DiNiro defends his abandoned son. Sooner or later, we all have to stand and face the music. This a depiction of their crossroads, of their choices and consequences: really powerful sh1t. Unfortanately, this is another example of how an out of balance film seems sub-standard, but only because everything else coming out of Hollywood has better production. What's out of balance? you might ask. The acting is excellent, maybe perfect, but there is no Kubrick Factor, there is no memorable music, hurried editing. The old deer hunter pair of DiNiro and Dzundza is still good. McDormand is good. But there's no music! What's missing is dramatic pauses and music. Seems rushed. Real shame this movie and the story it portrays. This could have been so much better. Maybe a classic.Performance 9 Story 7 score 3 cine 6The rating scale is my own,... But I think I will continue to use it.Now that I think of it, in modern dramas there are so many current films that lack these two crucial items; Kubrick and Music. It goes without saying that all modern movies need more development, more patience. Then again, I may be biased and setting the bar too high after watching Clockwork, Godfather, Pulp, Blade Runner, Amadeus, Usual, Apocalypse, Shrek2 and Snatch a hundred times. (Combined...I'm not that sick!)I do believe those are those the most powerful and influential fictional movies I've ever seen. (Schindler, Private Ryan, JFK, don't count...they're docudramas) Maybe I need to get out more often. How do I get to Hollywood?
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