
Frank Keller is a New York detective investigating a case of a serial killer who finds the victims through the lonely hearts column in newspapers. Keller falls in love with Helen, the main suspect in the case.... (Full plot summary below)
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Frank Keller is a New York detective investigating a case of a serial killer who finds the victims through the lonely hearts column in newspapers. Keller falls in love with Helen, the main suspect in the case.
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| Chicago TribuneJohanna SteinmetzWith a wealth of talent at his disposal, director Becker spends too much of the film's flashier currencies-criminality and sex-and draws too little on nuance and personality. Even so, the movie winds up in the black. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchHarper BarnesEfficient enough as a thriller, but what makes this mandatory viewing is the return of Pacino. There are isolated scenes as good as anything he's done, and if the role is less demanding than Sonny in Dog Day Afternoon or Michael in The Godfather, his presence lifts the production in the way De Niro lifted Midnight Run. |
| Film Freak CentralBill ChambersSea of Love has its Cinemax lapses in taste, but most films of the genre lack sophistication from which to lapse. |
| eFilmCritic.comBrian MckayMediocre thriller with a good cast. I never want to hear that [expletive deleted] song again. |
| EmpireIan NathanNever revealing too much, Becker keeps us intrigued to the end, whilst Pacino and Barkin unexpectedly sizzle. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrBoth Pacino and Barkin are quite good playing battle-scarred veterans of mature relationships. Just like New Yorkers who lock their doors, these two characters have locked their hearts. This is Pacino's quietest and best performance since The Godfather Part Two. Credit director Harold Becker for helping to keep Pacino from spitting his way through another role. |
| The SpectatorHilary MantelPacino's quirky, carefully considered performance makes Sea of Love more memorable than the average thriller. |
| Washington PostJoe BrownPrice and director Harold Becker build in enough jumps and scares and good red herrings to be satisfying -- there are a few especially heart pounding moments in which Keller's sense of helplessness in his own bedroom is palpable -- but a few logical holes may appear when you talk about it afterwards. Still, Sea of Love is leagues deeper than the average buddy movie. |
| Graffiti With PunctuationBlake HowardSea of Love is unrestrained and completely hypnotic... |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenSea of Love is a satisfactory end-of-summer diversion, the kind of film that works as long as you ask nothing of it beyond simple escape. It's a slick, knowing genre film, through and through, a New York cop suspense thriller that we've seen countless times before. |