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Ishmael is a local reporter covering a murder trial involving the 1954 death of a fisherman in a small island community in the Pacific Northwest. What first looks like a straight-forward case soon turns into a unnerving series of mysteries, intensified by flashbacks to WWII Japanese concentration camps and the realization that the wife of the accused murderer is his childhood sweetheart.
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Drama, Romance and Adaptation |
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| Running Time: |
2 hrs. 6 min. |
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| Release Date: |
December 22, 1999 Limited |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for disturbing war images, sensuality and brief strong language. |
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| Distributors: |
Universal Pictures
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$14,378,353 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
N/A
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culturevulture.net,
"...a movie that seems to understand the perils of its theme, yet succumbs to a clenched sense of virtue just the same." Full Review...
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E! Online,
(grade: B) "By no means a flop, but [director] Hicks doesn't quite shine like he did before." Full Review...
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Flick Filosopher: As Cold as the Snow,
"...pretty pictures alone do not a film make, and [this film's] attempt to tell its tale almost entirely through images rather than words simply doesn't work." Full Review...
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Moviebodega,
(rating: C-) "...a gargantuan sinkhole of a film as muddy and confused as any in modern memory." Full Review...
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