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Sea of Love

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Sea of Love (1989)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:16

Rotten:3

Average Rating:7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: New York cop Frank Keller is on the trail of a serial killer who murders men answering personal ads in the classifieds. The ads, written in poetic couplets, are quite romantic, but those who meet... New York cop Frank Keller is on the trail of a serial killer who murders men answering personal ads in the classifieds. The ads, written in poetic couplets, are quite romantic, but those who meet their mysterious author end up dead in their own apartments with a 45rpm copy of the '50s single "Sea of Love" on their turntables. Keller, suspecting the murderer is a woman, places his own advertisement in the paper and sets up dinner dates (one every half-hour) with the respondents; he lifts their fingerprints from their wine glasses and matches them against those of the murderer, taken from the crime scene. But Keller's scheme fails when he falls in love with one of the suspects and refuses to check her prints. With each passing day their romance grows hotter... and the growing evidence keeps pointing more strongly to her guilt. [More]

Starring: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Samuel L. Jackson

Starring: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Rooker, William Hickey, Christine Estabrook, Mark Phelan, John Spencer, Paul Calderon, Gene Canfield, Rafael Baez, Patricia Barry, Joshua Nelson, Jacqueline Brookes, Lorraine Bracco

Director: Harold Becker

Director: Harold Becker
Producer: Martin Bregman, Louis A. Stroller
Composer: Trevor Jones

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Solid Pacino turn with Ellen Barkin giving strong assist.

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01/10/09
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com
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12/18/08
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09/16/07
Cole Smithey
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Derek Adams
Derek Adams
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Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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06/22/04
Frank Swietek
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11/07/03
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

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06/25/03
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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Sea of Love has its Cinemax lapses in taste, but most films of the genre lack sophistication from which to lapse.

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05/11/03
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

Mediocre thriller with a good cast. I never want to hear that [expletive deleted] song again.

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03/19/03
Brian Mckay
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com

Superb, steamy thriller that keeps you guessing till the very end.

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02/12/03
Shannon J. Harvey
Shannon J. Harvey
Sunday Times (Australia)
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Marred by an implausible ending, 'Sea of Love' is still one Pacino's best vehicles.

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12/17/02
Dan Lybarger
Dan Lybarger
Nitrate Online

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12/02/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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11/07/02
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Netflix

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10/16/02
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

More or less a popcorn thriller, but a good one of that.

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09/20/02
Clint Morris
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08/30/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
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07/26/02
Bob Grimm
Bob Grimm
Las Vegas Mercury
 
 
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