The Shipping News Movie Review a 2002 film starring Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore and directed by Lasse Hallström. The Shipping News is unusual, filled with mystery, drama, and a wonderful sense of place. It’s a film about overcoming tragedy and personal shortcomings, yet there is nothing predictable or familiar about it. The characters are unique, the setting is breathtaking, and Kevin Spacey is perfect as the awkward, failure-haunted Quoyle.

Like Quoyle, we find our own way in his world. Without judgement, the events play out and the past is revealed. We start out as clueless and as he is and, by the end, are as blessed as he is by his healing.

Be sure, though, to watch the film before you read the book - or wait a few years. Though the film shows strong and true on its own, it is a pale, small experience compared to E. Annie Proulx’s exquisite prose. Like grading on a curve, the book makes the A grade of the film look more like a B by comparison.

Shanti Mai
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