Sea of Love | 
| Director: Harold Becker
Actors: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker, William Hickey
Studio: Universal Studios
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Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 11286
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 113 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6301627091
UPC: 096898088336
EAN: 9786301627092
ASIN: 6301627091
Theatrical Release Date: September 15, 1989
Release Date: February 28, 1995
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After a career slump that plagued him through most of the 1980s, Al Pacino made a stellar comeback in this taut 1989 thriller, playing a weary New York police detective who falls in love with the woman (Ellen Barkin) who is the prime suspect in the murder case he's investigating. Expertly written by Richard Price and directed by Harold Becker, the story is designed to keep its central characters (and the viewer) in a state of constant suspicion and arousal--an emotional combination that sends dangerous sparks flying between Pacino and Barkin. Their chemistry is intense, and their love scenes are some of the hottest of any movie of its decade. But Sea of Love is not merely concerned with cheap titillation. It's a riveting whodunit with scenes of nail-biting suspense and memorable dialogue that make it as interesting to listen to as it is to watch. Barkin had made a similarly sexy impression in The Big Easy, and here she gives one of the best performances of her underrated career, matching Pacino's excellence scene for scene. The ending's a bit of a letdown because the murder solution comes somewhat out of the blue, but it's the acting and suspense that you'll remember most--qualities that make Sea of Love one of the best films of its kind. --Jeff Shannon
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After a career slump that plagued him through most of the 1980s, Al Pacino made a stellar comeback in this taut 1989 thriller, playing a weary New York police detective who falls in love with the woman (Ellen Barkin) who is the prime suspect in the murder case he's investigating. Expertly written by Richard Price and directed by Harold Becker, the story is designed to keep its central characters (and the viewer) in a state of constant suspicion and arousal--an emotional combination that sends dangerous sparks flying between Pacino and Barkin. Their chemistry is intense, and their love scenes are some of the hottest of any movie of its decade. But Sea of Love is not merely concerned with cheap titillation. It's a riveting whodunit with scenes of nail-biting suspense and memorable dialogue that make it as interesting to listen to as it is to watch. Barkin had made a similarly sexy impression in The Big Easy, and here she gives one of the best performances of her underrated career, matching Pacino's excellence scene for scene. The ending's a bit of a letdown because the murder solution comes somewhat out of the blue, but it's the acting and suspense that you'll remember most--qualities that make Sea of Love one of the best films of its kind. --Jeff Shannon
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 Really scary, really sexy, really really good December 18, 2003
Peggy Vincent (Oakland, CA)
27 out of 30 found this review helpful
Damn, this one keeps you on the edge of your seat. Pacino plays a NYPD detective who falls in love with Ellen Barkin, a woman who's the main suspect in a murder case he's investigating. The mix of suspicion, fear, and sexual arousal is enough to keep the most jaded viewer riveted to the screen, wondering who or what will break first. The chemistry between Pacino and Barkin is intense enough to make the love scenes qualify as some of the hottest of the era.
Super-duper in every way. Wow.
 Beware - full screen version cropped to fit widescreen May 9, 2003
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
This version (Collector's Edition)
is worse than the previous pan & scan full screen version. Here the studio cropped the top and the sides of the full screen version to make it fit anamorphic widescreen format, so you lose more of the picture than the full screen version.
Universal is deceptive in not saying it is a matted widescreen version Buyer beware!
This is not a true widescreen and doesent even say that the original apect ratio was modified to fit 16x9 tvs.
Holy Cow! Pacino Power!! March 28, 2005
Eileen Pizarro (USA)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This movie rocks! I was so happy to see Pacino again after a much to long absence. Why is it that we never appreciate a person and their talent when there around more often? Pacino is just incrediable in this movie and his pairing with Ellen Barkin is perfect. They definitely go on that list of dynamic on-screen couples. I also enjoyed Pacino and Goodman as partners, but than again I find that Al Pacino is one of those actors that seems to bring out the best in whomever he's working with. The movie never falters for me from beginning to end. Its intense, exciting, humorous and of course sexy. Everyone involved in making this movie ( especially the director and writer ) should be proud. Sea Of Love is a classic!
 The DVD Doesn't Hold a Candle to the VHS in Picture Quality January 5, 2000
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful film, and sad to say, poorly translated onto DVD. The picture is grainy and washed out. The studio should seriously consider doing a remastering of this in lettebox format so that the video quality is maintained.
Good police thriller December 27, 2005
Bomojaz (South Central PA, USA)
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
A pretty good cop thriller. Al Porcino plays a NYC detective, whose wife has just left him, investigating a killer of men in connection with personal sex ads. He falls for suspect Ellen Barkin, and because of this romantic entaglement he refuses to check her out as thoroughly as he should. But circumstantial evidence mounts up against her, and when Porcino finally accuses her of being the killer, she walks out on him. Of course someone else is the real killer.
There should be more suspense in Barkin being a possible suspect - it's all pretty wishy-washy there - and you kind of know all along that she didn't do it. Porcino is good in the tough cop role, as usual; Barkin is only so-so. The movie is rather tame in the violence that usually saturates such fare, which is a plus for a change. But there should be more oomph in Barkin's "is she/isn't she" role.
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