Shell Seekers | 
| Director: Waris Hussein
Actors: Angela Lansbury, Irene Worth, Sam Wanamaker, Patricia Hodge, Anna Carteret
Studio: Hallmark
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 11218
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original Recording Reissued, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 99 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4 x 1.1
ISBN: 1574922777
UPC: 707729853039
EAN: 9781574922776
ASIN: 1574922777
Theatrical Release Date: December 3, 1989
Release Date: August 17, 1999
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Condition: Complete. Includes original uncut box and tape. Free upgrade to first class shipping. Normal wear.
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Disappointing revision of the book February 27, 2001
Patricia Bauer (Minnesota)
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
This should have been a wonderful movie--Angela Lansbury and most of the rest of the cast are terrific. But someone decided that the book was too sad as originally written. I don't want to give away the book's story for those who haven't read it yet, but two major deaths have been written out and family reconciliations abound. The novel was much tougher--and truer--as written by Ms. Pilcher. Totally unnecessary.
 Turn it off before the last 20 minutes. December 8, 2002
Linda Cervon (ventura, ca United States)
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
This is one of my favorite books and after re-reading it for the umpteenth time I decided to purchase the Hallmark Hall of Fame version. The first part is very good for a TV movie - beautiful locations, fine acting (how can one fault Angela Lansbury?), and relatively faithful to the story (one must take into consideration that time is of the essence on TV and often plots become condensed). However, to TOTALLY change the ending (a medical mis-diagnosis unexplained and bringing characters back from the dead to name only two!) was unconscionable. The power of the story was lost and it turned into just another tear-jerker. It would be as if Scarlett and Rhett rode off into the sunset together and lived happily ever after! BUT, if you've never read the book it would be an enjoyable couple of hours entertainment. I will never watch The Shell Seekers again, and am putting mine up for sale (cheap!).
 A pleasant way to spend and afternoon... July 6, 2000
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I have read Rosamunde Plicher's novel THE SHELL SEEKERS seven times, and the movie brought the characters alive for me. Anglela Lansbury played the aging though vibrantant and sensitive Penelope Keeling perfectly. The other characters were also cast quite well. I felt the movie was a terrific representation of a very well written novel. As always it is difficult to fit every tid bit into a movie to make it exactly like a book, but this movie comes close to being as moving as the novel.
 WONDERFUL! Not to be missed! April 25, 2005
Mr. Film Guy (Tennessee)
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
A beautiful, warm, and compelling film, THE SHELL SEEKERS is one of television's few genuine film masterpieces. Originally produced as a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, this absorbing and all too human drama deserves much more widespread attention.
Though it may not follow the book in every respect, it nonetheless stands on it's own. (And --please!--readers
of the book should ALLOW it to stand on it's own, as any film is meant to do, judging it on IT'S OWN merits and not against their memory of the book!)
Well written and beautifully filmed, it features outstanding performances by a well rounded cast of uniformly excellent actors, not the least of whom is star Angela Lansbury.
In a day in which grown children find it all too easy to blame their parents for every childhood shortcoming, the warmth, compassion, and uplifting message of this filmic gem can help bring healing and insight to many of today's
searching "thirtysomethings". This isn't just a movie, it's a healing and enlightening experience. It can also
bring encouragement and support to today's "sixty-somethings" who have felt the brunt of false guilt and
undeserved criticism from ungrateful offspring.
Unavailable on television or video for many years, truly this is a film not to be missed. It's a beautiful, poignant video that belongs in every family's video library.
 yAwn* * August 3, 2004
John Wiley (not so far away)
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
This movie stars Mrs. Potts from Beauty and the Beast. Only she isn't a tea pot in this movie. She's some old woman that had a heart attack. Now we're all waiting for her to die. 98 long minutes. She doesn't die. My grandma says she was dead at the end, but I say no..that was me. I was bored to death.
The general plot is Mrs. Potts has 3 non-teapot kids and I can't tell them apart. It seems that Nancy and her brother are married. But they aren't. Nancy is really married to some of grouch. He should die too. But I don't think he does.
The best way to veiw this movie is with the tv off and you in another room with your friends eating chocolate.
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