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Sea of Love

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6.6/10 • 632

1989-09-151h 53m

CrimeDramaRomance

Deception is dangerous. Desire is deadly.

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.

Directors
Harold Becker
Writters
Richard Price
Editors
David Bretherton

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  1. Al Pacino

    Al Pacino

    Frank Keller

  2. Ellen Barkin

    Ellen Barkin

    Helen Cruger

  3. John Goodman

    John Goodman

    Sherman

  4. Michael Rooker

    Michael Rooker

    Terry

  5. William Hickey

    William Hickey

    Frank Keller Sr.

  6. Richard Jenkins

    Richard Jenkins

    Gruber

  7. Paul Calderon

    Paul Calderon

    Serafino

  8. Gene Canfield

    Gene Canfield

    Struk

  9. Larry Joshua

    Larry Joshua

    Dargan

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kevin2019

Feb 21, 2025

8/10

"Sea of Love" is a very conventional film for the most part and it will undoubtedly drive the more hardcore crime fans to complete distraction by mining the erotic thriller genre with much of the running time being consumed by the burgeoning sexual encounters of the central couple Frank and Helen. The film will frequently border on the downright boring as a direct result of this, especially amongst the more restive viewers just interested in who did it and why. However, the film successfully toys with us throughout by stringing us along in this regard until the very end when it delivers a tremendous and very satisfying conclusion to the series of murders, but in terms of Frank's and Helen's romance....well, the outcome of that is a good deal more ambiguous.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$19,000,000.00
Revenue
$110,879,513.00
Keywords
new york citynewspaperpolicealcoholdetectivemurderserial killerneo-noir