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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67The Film StageJose SolísThe Film StageJose SolísJoan’s peculiar kind of charm is mostly owed to Allen, who gives what might be the most complex, layered performance of her career.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenJoan’s story unfolds all too neatly, but in Allen’s spark and grace there’s a real sense of discovery.
- 50The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThe movie is not entirely my cup of tea, although it is refreshing in its depiction of diverse, older female characters.
- 50Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlIt’s less the story of a woman taking a year off from city life and her husband than it is a pleasant revue of sketches and scenarios on that topic.
- Instead of a hearty chowder of emotional highs and lows, first-time director Alexander Janko, who also adapted the script, settles for a diluted, Campbell’s-Soup version of getting one’s groove back.
- 40Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinUnfortunately, this overlong picture rarely feels particularly authentic.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreNothing much happens here. It’s scenic, but writer-director Alexander Janko has cast the thing with no flavor. Nobody has an accent, not even the local Cape Cod characters.
- 38Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrYear by the Sea is for audiences who don’t trust the shiftiness of nuance and craft, of messages that rise up from dramatic situations rather than being pasted on top of them, and who would prefer their life lessons stated loudly and for maximum applicability.
- 35TheWrapTricia OlszewskiTheWrapTricia OlszewskiEven women will lose their man cards if they buy a ticket to Year by the Sea, a figurative and nearly retch-inducing celebration of the ovary based on a best-selling memoir by Joan Anderson.