The Shipping News

The Shipping News (2001) starring Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Scott Glenn, Cate Blanchett. Distraught over the death of his first love (Blanchett), Quoyle (Spacey), not knowing what to do with himself, moves with his aunt (Dench) to their ancestral home in Newfoundland. There, solely on the strength of his name, he is hired as a reporter by the editor (Glenn) of the local newspaper. Based on the novel by E. Annie Proulx, this movie has loads of local color and interesting characters. I can't remember how like the book it is, but I recognized certain scenes, certainly. The acting is uniformly good, and the ending is satisfying. The disc has good English subtitles for the hearing-impaired, as well as closed captions. Grade: B+