Year by the Sea 2016

     This film is based on a memoir written by Joan Anderson.  Joan and Robin have been married 30 years and they have two adult sons.  The oldest son has just gotten married and Joan learns at the reception that Robin has put their house on the market?  Joan is wondering how long Robin intended to wait before telling her is news?  The company he works for is closing the local office in Nyack New York.  Robin will be working in the Kansas office instead.  Joan decides she needs to work on her own life now that she doesn’t have her sons to take care of.  She has a LOT of unhappy feelings about Robin’s silence concerning his situation.  Joan rents a rustic cottage in Cape Cod and she’s determined to write a book.

     The scenery in Cape Cod is beautiful and also the wild life.  It’s also a tough environment in the area where Joan is living.  Pumping water, cutting wood for heat and rowing a small boat to the town.  This is an interesting story and Joan really changes everything about her life.  She wants to thrive in this new environment and regain her sense of self.  Robin seems to get more cranky and grumpy instead of moving forward?  3* (This movie is OK)       

114 min, Drama directed by Alexander Janko with Karen Allen, Celia Imrie, Yannick Bisson, Jane Hajduk, S. Epatha Merkerson, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Michael Critofer, Amy Van Nostrand, Andria Blackman, Anastasia Tsikhanava, George J. Vezina, Tyler Haines, Austin J. Ryan.

Note:  Imdb 5.6 out of 10, 50% critic 83% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 3 ½* out of 5* with 92 reviews, Metacritic 43 out of 100 with 9 critics 8.5 out of 10 with 4 reviews,

Special Note:  Filmed at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.  There are some scenes at the public library in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.  Karen Allen has been acting since 1978 and she has been in Animal House, Knots Landing, East of Eden Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Glass Menagerie, Malcom X, Law & Order, The Perfect Storm, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and many other productions.