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City By The Sea

2002, Movie, R, 108 mins

CITY BY THE SEA
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Shot in gloomy shades of gray, this earnest but banal story about the legacy of bad parenting strands fine actors in a contrived situation and lets them squirm. Loosely based ("inspired" might be the better term) on Mike McAlary's 1997 Esquire piece "Mark of a Murderer," this examination of grinding guilt and tentative redemption is played out against the mean streets of one-time resort town Long Beach, Long Island, whose blasted landscape mirrors the LaMarca family's emotion... read more leave a comment
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New York City homicide detective Vincent LaMarca has forged a long and distinguished career in law enforcement, making a name for himself as a man intensely committed to his work. But on his latest case, the stakes are higher for Vincent - the suspect he's investigating is his own son, Joey. Vincent and Joey have been painfully estranged ever since Vincent divorced Joey's mother and left the decaying boardwalks of Long Beach, Long Island for the anonymity of Manhattan and a successful career with the NYPD. He lives his life in solitude, keeping his girlfriend at arm's length; the closest relationship he maintains is with his partner, Reg - and Vincent makes sure that friendship stops at the precinct door. As long as Vincent lives in the protection of the present, he doesn't have to deal with the pain of his past - or his sorrow over his broken relationship with Joey. But this murder investigation is drawing Vincent home to Long Beach, the self-proclaimed "City by the Sea," where the pa
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Vincent Lamarca, whose father was executed for a 1950s kidnapping of a child, grew up to become a police officer, only to see his own son become a murderer.
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Length: 01:49:00
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Vincent Lamarca, whose father was executed for a 1950s kidnapping of a child, grew up to become a police officer, only to see his own son become a murderer.
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Length: 01:49:00
Posted: 12/7/2008
Year: 2002
Rated R

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Cast
Robert De Niro: Vincent LaMarca
Frances McDormand: Michelle
James Franco: Joey LaMarca
Eliza Dushku: Gina
William Forsythe: Spyder
Patti LuPone: Maggie

 

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