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City By The Sea
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When a respected New York homicide detective discovers the prime suspect in a murder case is his estranged son, he is forced to return home to confront the darkness of his past, where his father was executed for a 1950s kidnapping of a child.
When a respected New York homicide detective discovers the prime suspect in a murder case is his estranged son, he is forced to return home to confront the darkness of his past, where his father was executed for a 1950s kidnapping of a child.
Actors:
George Dzundza,
Gregg Edelman,
Jay Boryea,
Michael Caton-Jones,
Michelle Daimer,
Cyrus Farmer,
Riley G. Matthews Jr.
George Dzundza
19 July 1945, Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany
Gregg Edelman
12 September 1958, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jay Boryea
Michael Caton-Jones
15 October 1957, Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
Michelle Daimer
Cyrus Farmer
Riley G. Matthews Jr.
7 August 1960, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA
Director:
Michael Caton-Jones
Michael Caton-Jones
15 October 1957, Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
Country:
United States
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Looking Closer
January 15, 2005
Caton-Jones ... understands that this story is not about how all the details work out, but about one man's heart and his slow awakening to moral responsibility.
April 29, 2009
It's a shame that the source material and filmmakers manage to waste all the talented actors in this project.
September 06, 2002
De Niro's workmanlike in a dismayingly familiar role.
January 06, 2004
If Rebel Without a Cause were told from the father's perspective, the result would probably be something like City by the Sea.
September 06, 2002
I like everything about it except it.
Common Sense Media
December 22, 2010
Ambitious, improbable and very violent cop drama.
New York Magazine/Vulture
September 26, 2002
A compendium of clichés about fathers and sons.
December 28, 2008
The film ends up as shallow as the thankless love interest role Frances McDormand somehow agreed to play here.
USA Today
September 06, 2002
It's a run-of-the-mill cop thriller but also a gripping family drama.
July 02, 2008
Filmmaker Micahel Caton-Jones serves up an edgy drama filled with tragically flawed characters portrayed by Robert De Niro, James Franco and Frances MacDormand.
Newsday
September 11, 2002
A film that doesn't just support the action to come, but makes it seem inevitable.
Seattle Times
September 06, 2002
The real Vincent LaMarca has lived a life that's the stuff of Greek tragedy. Too bad this film can't quite do it justice.