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Sea of Love (1989)

Directed by Harold Becker · 113 min · Crime, Drama, Romance

29.3 TOPICAL score · #3,612 of 6,776 films

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Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.

Sea of Love (1989, directed by Harold Becker) has a TOPICAL score of 29.3 - ranked 3,612 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on cast and critics, and lowest on awards. Critics: 75% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.8/10 critics' average · Metacritic 66. Audiences: TMDB 6.6/10 (717 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 31 languages.

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Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.

Critics46
Audience38
Awards0
Historical impact36
Lasting engagement44
Cast73
Legacy & cult status-

Starring: Al Pacino (actor #3), Ellen Barkin (actor #1,142), John Goodman (actor #496), Michael Rooker (actor #1,310)

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