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Movie critics combined give Sea Inside, The (2004) a score of 3.0570 out of 4
based on (142) reviews
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Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Nelson Pressley)Washington Post (Nelson Pressley)
Placid and rather attractive on the surface, with depths you can sense but which are never fully plumbed. ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at Washington Post (Nelson Pressley)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Independent (--)Independent (--)
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Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Kimberly Jones)Austin Chronicle (Kimberly Jones)
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Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
You want to like Ramon and what’s more you want Ramon to like himself. ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Film-Forward.com (Kent Turner)Film-Forward.com (Kent Turner)
It is engaging, but not penetrating. ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at Film-Forward.com (Kent Turner)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Mercury (Anthony Del Valle)Las Vegas Mercury (Anthony Del Valle)
Bardem contributes layers of weariness and passion that gives us a visceral understanding of the life his character is mourning for. ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at Las Vegas Mercury (Anthony Del Valle)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone)TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone)
Javier Bardem delivers another terrific performance (this guy can do no wrong). He transforms into a man 30 years his senior, and he's totally believable. ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ethan Alter)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ethan Alter)
The result isn't an easy film, but it is rewarding. ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ethan Alter)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Magazine (Logan Hill)New York Magazine (Logan Hill)
I approached The Sea Inside with the sort of dread I reserve for disease-of-the-week made-for-TV movies. Sure, this was a classy production starring a solid, stolid actor, Javier Bardem (Before Night Falls), and guided by a stylish director (Alejandro ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at New York Magazine (Logan Hill)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
You want the movie to stir your soul, push your intellect, or at the very least, break your heart. But it's such a repetitive and thinly constructed piece of filmmaking that the scope and complexity of Sampedro's case are turned to porridge. ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
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Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Stephen Holden)The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
The film fails to convey the claustrophobic terror experienced by a man who called his book "Letters From ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
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Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
It's still just a soap opera, wrapped around an argument. And it's one we've heard half-a-dozen times before. ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)
When pinned mostly in the man's bedroom, Amenábar's flashier instincts are stifled by a bolted camera and a procession of issue-of-the-week clichés. ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
It's such a repetitive and thinly constructed piece of filmmaking that the scope and complexity of Sampedro's case are turned to porridge. ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
It has a striking deficit. It tends to generalize from too winning a single case. ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
It's very simple and streamlined, and all that's left is Bardem's bid for Oscar glory. ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Respectable but undistinguished, and it places a distant second to 2004's other award winner about euthanasia (don't ask, won't tell). ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Built around Bardem's immobile presence, the film can't help but seem stolidly monumental even as it explores issues that are heart-wrenchingly personal. ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Doncinema.com (Flavio J. Arosemena)Doncinema.com (Flavio J. Arosemena)
Amenábar asegura que es la historia de un hombre y no de lo correcto o equivocado de sus decisiones. Entendido, pero entonces que nos muestre al hombre y no al personaje que atiende los objetivos y propósitos del guión. ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at Doncinema.com (Flavio J. Arosemena)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)
I remained strangely dry-eyed up to the final shot. ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Stephen Holden)New York Times (Stephen Holden)
The Sea Inside , the story of a quadriplegic activist fighting for the right to die, struggles to transcend the disease-of-the-week genre to which it belongs. ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Sea Inside, The (2004) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Jay Antani)filmcritic.com (Jay Antani)
a vanity project that, from top to bottom, proves unequal to the task of unlocking the existential truths at the heart of Ramón Sampedro’s story ...read the complete Sea Inside movie review at filmcritic.com (Jay Antani)
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Sea Inside, The (2004) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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Sea Inside, The (2004) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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