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The Sea (2003)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B- Source Brief Review Grade* Atlanta Journal-Constitution Eleanor Ringel Gillespie "A family-skeleton dance that rattles your bones, even if it does spin into melodrama." more... B   Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "...overcrowded and overwritten..." more... C   Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington "...it's easy to see why it won the equivalent of eight Icelandic Oscars." more... A- E! Online "...some strong acting and dark comedic touches help keep the film afloat..." more... B- filmcritic.com Nicholas Schager "The problem is that the director...stuffs too many characters and subplots...into his overcrowded family portrait..." more... C   Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas "...wallows in lurid misery." more... C- New York Post Megan Lehmann "...tips into overwrought melodrama as it nears its conclusion..." more... C+ New York Times Stephen Holden "If ever there were a movie to gladden the hearts of misanthropes, this is it." more... B- San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle "...a particularly strong family drama..." more... B+ Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker "...anything but warm and fuzzy." more... B   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)