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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Time Out LondonCath ClarkeTime Out LondonCath ClarkeThe film can’t match the novel’s elegant, startlingly excellent Booker-Prize-winning writing, but a first-class cast (including Charlotte Rampling and Sinéad Cusack) make this an absorbing watch.
- 60Total FilmTotal FilmIt’s impossible to escape the sense that Banville’s work is best experienced on paper.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungDespite its careful control of tone and a raging central performance by Ciaran Hinds, which is actually sufficient reason to see the film, this story of a man who plunges into childhood memories in the aftermath of his wife’s death remains admirable but wingless.
- 50Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenLos Angeles TimesSheri LindenThough handsomely photographed and featuring a compelling cast, the Ireland-set memory piece — adapted by John Banville from his Man Booker Prize-winning novel — will leave audiences wondering how much more satisfying the muted drama might be on the page.
- 40The GuardianMike McCahillThe GuardianMike McCahillHinds is a strong, wounded presence, but the laboured structure cuts insistently around him to get at a psychology mostly scrambled in translation. This Sea's just too choppy.