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The Sea Inside (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 125 Fresh: 103  Rotten:22 Average Rating: 7.5/10
 
Consensus: Critics are hailing Alejandro Amenabar’s portrait of a man who chooses to die as Oscar-worthy, powerful and life-affirming, in its way. However, some have called it melodramatic and manipulative.
 

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Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins

Theatrical Release: Dec 17, 2004 Limited

Box Office: $1,870,746

Synopsis: Javier Bardem gives a remarkable, unforgettable performance in Alejandro Amenabar's gripping drama about dying with dignity, THE SEA INSIDE. Thirty-five-year-old Bardem plays 55-year-old Ramon Sampedro, a Galician who broke his neck as a young man and has spent more than a quarter of a... Javier Bardem gives a remarkable, unforgettable performance in Alejandro Amenabar's gripping drama about dying with dignity, THE SEA INSIDE. Thirty-five-year-old Bardem plays 55-year-old Ramon Sampedro, a Galician who broke his neck as a young man and has spent more than a quarter of a century as a quadriplegic, confined to bed. Reflecting on his past and considering his future, he chooses to die, petitioning the courts for permission to be euthanized. His radical decision sets off controversy throughout Spain--as well as in his own house, where his family and friends all have different opinions on the fate he has chosen. While Ramon's father (Alberto Gimenez) and brother (Celso Bugallo) refuse to help him die, and his nephew, Javi (Tamar Novas), tries to understand his uncle's decision, Ramon is surrounded by women who virtually fight over him--Rosa (Lola Duenas), a single mother of two who visits him to talk about her difficult life; Manuela (Mabel Rivera), his sister-in-law who takes care of his daily needs; Gene (Clara Segura), who works for the Death with Dignity organization; and Julia (Belen Rueda, in a powerful film debut), a married lawyer with a secret of her own. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Venice Film Festival, THE SEA INSIDE is a special film with marvelous acting, a strong soundtrack, a moving story, and an enchanting visual style that features poetic shots of the countryside as Ramon dreams he can fly. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Javier Bardem, Belen Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera, Celso Bugallo

Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Screenwriter: Mateo Gil, Alejandro Amenábar
Producer: Fernando Bovaira, Alejandro Amenábar
Composer: Alejandro Amenábar

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May 17, 2005

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  • Academy Award nominee Javier Bardem (Before Night Falls) delivers a powerful and sensitive portrayal of a quadriplegic who fights to win the right to end his life with dignity. Based on a true story.
  • Source: Warner Home Video

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    The production itself is so rich in authentic emotional life and breathtaking visuals, word of mouth and positive reviews should carry the (pay) day.

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    Doris Toumarkine
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    3/4

    Bio-pic chronicles quadriplegic Ramon's Sampredo's 28-year crusade to legalize euthanasia in order that he be allowed to die with dignity.

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    02/17/07
    Kam Williams
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    3/4

    The film is worth seeing, but only if you're prepared to set aside your aversion to its polemic in order to experience its compassion.

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    10/11/06
    Ron Reed
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    Amenábar asegura que es la historia de un hombre y no de lo correcto o equivocado de sus decisiones. Entendido, pero entonces que nos muestre al hombre y no al personaje que atiende los objetivos y propósitos del guión.

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    An intelligent and moving treatment of a potentially maudlin subject matter.

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    what could have been unrelieved morbid dreariness becomes, in the hands of Amenabar, a provocative and unexpectedly life-affirming story...

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    04/14/05
    James Sanford
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    The result, as imagined by Amenábar, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mateo Gil, is like watching the human spirit flash before your eyes.

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    04/07/05
    Duane Dudek
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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    The acting in the film is superb, especially by Bardem, who richly deserved his Academy Award nomination.

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    Robert Roten
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    Javier Bardem gives a remarkable, delicately honed performance.

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    04/01/05
    Randy Shulman
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    Rare is the motion picture which grapples with issues this provocative and profound. Rarer still is one which does so this well.

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    Rick Kisonak
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    Had its beautiful moments but also had its soap opera moments.

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    03/19/05
    Dennis Schwartz
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    Respectable but undistinguished, and it places a distant second to 2004's other award winner about euthanasia (don't ask, won't tell).

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    Matt Brunson
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    Bardem's performance, a true triumph of face acting, imbues the character with simultaneous impish mischief and weary resignation.

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    Steve Schneider
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