Sea of Love | | Cast : | Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin | | Director : | Harold Becker | | Studio : | Universal Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | September 15, 1989 | | DVD Released Date : | August 23, 2005 | | Language : | French (Dubbed), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | March 27, 2005 | | Summary | Holy Cow! Pacino Power!! | Content
 | This movie rocks! I was so happy to see Pacino again after a much to long absence. Why is it that we never appreciate a person and their talent when there around more often? Pacino is just incrediable in this movie and his pairing with Ellen Barkin is perfect. They definitely go on that list of dynamic on-screen couples. I also enjoyed Pacino and Goodman as partners, but than again I find that Al Pacino is one of those actors that seems to bring out the best in whomever he's working with. The movie never falters for me from beginning to end. Its intense, exciting, humorous and of course sexy. Everyone involved in making this movie ( especially the director and writer ) should be proud. Sea Of Love is a classic! |
| Rating | | | Date | March 09, 2005 | | Summary | Edge of Your Seat Entertainment | Content
| SEA OF LOVE is a good romantic thriller. Its sly script keeps you guessing throughout and works on both levels as a suspenseful mystery and an erotically romantic voyeuristic film. Al Pacino who is always good shows signs of tiring which adds to his character's vulnerability and interest as a detective on a murder investigation. Ellen Barkin is an enigmatically and intriguingly sexual suspect who Pacino becomes gradually obsessed with. That's just the set up for this gripping tale that never seems to be exactly what you think it is going to be.
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| Rating | | | Date | October 18, 2004 | | Summary | Tough film to review. | Content
| Wish there was a half-star to award! As a film, this is a fairly standard detective/murder story with a few neat twists. The acting is excellent (especially Al, Ellen and John); no complaints there at all. But the dialigue does get a tiny bit stilted and even slow at times, and there are a few spots where the film's flow stutters just a hair. None of this, however, is enough to ruin the film; in fact, you more or less just let them roll off once things get flowing. And, believe it; the love scenes are some of the hottest ever filmed, and with only limited nudity. Look quick for Samuel Jackson in a small part |
| Rating | | | Date | September 25, 2004 | | Summary | Oh who are they kidding this movie is a stinker... | Content
| I've seen this movie and boy did it stink. There is no script and the love scenes between Al and Barkin seem forced and unbelieveable. The climax is the biggest con game any director ever threw at an audience and it's them who are the losers. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 17, 2004 | | Summary | Pacino's comeback and one of his best performances | Content
| I love this film. I remember seeing this movie a couple of years ago and I instantly fell in love with it. It's kind of like your usual "whodunit?" but it has a twist.
Al Pacino plays this cop who runs into a couple murders that all seem like they are by the same person but he and his new partner (John Goodman) can't figure it out. So, Pacino has an epiphany and realizes that all of the victims placed ads in the lonely heart section of a certain magazine. The victims also wrote poetic ads so Pacino puts and ad in that is poetic in hopes that it will attract the killer. Many women answer the ad and Pacino falls for one of them (and she turns out to be the most likely suspect).
I'll leave it at that. As for the DVD, the picture quality is decent for a late 80's release and the sound is good enough for mostly dialogue driven film. As for the extras, they are better than the previous DVD's extras but they're nothing to brag about.
Overall, I say that this is a great movie to see. |
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