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‘At the Sea’ Review: Amy Adams’ Commitment Can’t Save a Recovery Drama as Immediately Forgettable as Its Title
Amy Adams portrays a former dancer battling alcoholism as she returns to Cape Cod to restore her late father’s dance company and mend strained family ties.
- On Sunday, At the Sea had its world premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival, where Amy Adams, Oscar-nominated actor, sent a message read by director Kornél Mundruczó.
- Laura returns to Cape Cod after rehab, finding family and work fractured; after six months following a drunk-driving accident, she faces pressure to lead the struggling Baum Company.
- Reviewers note the film is primarily performance-driven, praising Adams's raw, dance-inflected portrayal but criticizing interpretive dance sequences as gimmicky or eye-rolling.
- Despite its Berlinale competition slot, critics call Mundruczó's film a miss, with him saying he's been blacklisted in Hungary and positioning it as an accessible triptych middle piece.
- With contributions from Joe Hisaishi and a starry ensemble, the film arrived with built-in attention, featuring producers Alexander Rodnyansky, Aaron Ryder, and 31 other executive producers.
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The actress was one of the most anticipated presences of the contest, but she has caused low at the last minute to present this failed bet of Hungarian director Kornel MundruczóTom Morello claims to the Judas Priests with a documentary: “How nice to talk about your favorite band and fight fascism at once” Amy Adams is an immense actress. She has shown it on numerous occasions. Her works in films such as The Arrival, The Master or in the film tha…
‘At The Sea’ Review: Amy Adams Struggles With Addiction And Family Connections In Kornél Mundruczó’s Dreary Drama – Berlin Film Festival
Apparently Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó intends his latest film, At the Sea, to be the middle part of a loose triptych that began with 2020’s Pieces of a Woman which earned star Vanessa Kirby an Oscar nomination, and the upcoming A Place to Be with Ellen Burstyn and Pamela Anderson. Each deals with personal crisis […]
'At the Sea' Review: Amy Adams Is Wasted in Wafer-Thin Rehab Drama
Roger Ebert famously liked to say, “It’s not what a movie is about, it’s how it is about it.” But then, he never saw “At the Sea.” Premiering at the Berlin Film Festival, Kornél Mundruczó’s low-stakes, high-verve character study might as well be called “Much Ado About Nothing,” because it can’t overcome a simple, central fact: its main character is a bore, and her problems don’t amount to much. Mundruczó (“Pieces of a Woman,” “White God”) does …
‘At the Sea’ Review: Amy Adams Dances Up a Storm but the Trauma Drama Has Become an Over-Crowded Sub-Genre
Amy Adams stars in 'At the Sea,' Kornél Mundruczó's drama about a woman's struggle with life after rehab, also featuring Murray Bartlett and Dan Levy.
Kórnel Mundruczó's competition film "At the Sea" is about an alcoholic after her withdrawal. Impressive played by Amy Adams.
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