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By the Sea
Set in mid-1970s France, former dancer Vanessa and her husband, American writer Roland, travel the country together and find that their time in a sleepy seaside town, complete with a unique array of locals, strengthens their bond and reaffirms their marriage.
8 February 1949, Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
September 13, 1957 in Malta
18 December 1963, Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
21 February 1983, Paris, France
May 03, 2016
There's something unshakable about it, and something remarkable about the fact that it exists at all.
November 19, 2015
Pitt invests the vague, cranky relationship with his usual intelligence and restraint, but the movie is destined to rank with such celebrity-couple fiascos as Gigli (2003) and Shanghai Surprise (1986).
December 31, 2015
It's a fascinating experiment, and proof that Jolie truly has directorial chops and an extraordinary eye for imagery.
July 25, 2016
There is no doubt that this drama is a half-hour too long and slow-moving, but Jolie and Pitt do some of their best work in scenes here -- and they don't hold back.
November 20, 2015
The point to all this seems to be life is cruel and people are jerks, but sometimes very good-looking jerks. Deep.
July 14, 2016
For those of you who complain about the multiplex offering nothing of substance for adult audiences, this is a grand opportunity for you to put your money where your mouth is.
November 19, 2015
It's very, very slow, with probably only 20 minutes in a two-plus-hour movie in which something could be said to be happening.
July 10, 2016
Might truly be the most narcissistic vanity project of all time.
November 19, 2015
What are the artistic purposes for this tedious collection of frowning, drinking, bickering, peeping and smoking scenes? "By the Sea" is long on perverse images but short on ideas.
May 10, 2016
Jolie-Pitt, as director, is wading into the territory of Antonioni's bourgeois disaffection... But it takes much more than this to make art out of inertia.
January 10, 2017
This movie would have been a lot better if it weren't so concerned with being beautiful or important.
November 23, 2015
The actors aren't unhinged enough for the scathing conceit, and the script is more of a mechanism than a revelation.
