# The Shipping News (2001)

> A wounded New York printer finds work, family, and tentative love after moving with his daughter to his ancestors’ storm-battered Newfoundland home.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/3536

## Facts

- Runtime: 111 min
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Director: Lasse Hallström
- Cast: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Pete Postlethwaite, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Gordon Pinsent
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120824/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: melancholic, windswept, intimate, quiet evening, rainy day

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