The Shipping News

"You'll never guess what you'll find inside..."

Jan 18 2002 R 1h 51m
Drama

An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

Plot

An inksetter in New York, Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, Bunny (Alyssa, Kaitlyn, and Lauren Gainer), after a traumatizing experience with her mother, Petal (Cate Blanchett), who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shipping news column in the newspaper "The Gammy Bird" finds an audience, and his experiences in the town change his life. Then he meets the widow Wavey Prowse (Julianne Moore).

Written by

Annie Proulx, Robert Nelson Jacobs

Directed by

Lasse Hallström

Production Countries

United States of America, Canada

Production Companies

Miramax

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 2 BAFTA 2 wins & 13 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
34,693
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
47
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