Directed by:
Lasse HallströmScreenplay:
Robert Nelson JacobsCinematography:
Oliver StapletonComposer:
Christopher YoungCast:
Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Pete Postlethwaite, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Gordon Pinsent, Jason Behr, Larry Pine (more)Plots(1)
Quoyle (Kevin Spacey) is a newspaper inksetter in Poughkeepsie, silently suffering in a marriage of inconvenience to a woman, Petal (Cate Blanchett) who doesn't love him and is keen to put their baby daughter up for adoption. Petal is killed in an accident however, and worse, Quoyle's parents both die fairly soon after in a dual-suicide. At the funeral he meets his aunt (Judi Dench) who persuades him the time is right to move back to his ancestral home, Newfoundland. With his disturbed daughter Bunny (Kaitlyn Gainer) in tow. Despite the isolated and traditional atmosphere of the small village Quoyle forms a relationship with local divorcee Wavey Prowse (Julianne Moore) with whose handicapped son Bunny forms a friendship. He soon lands a job reporting the shipping news for a local paper and starts to rediscover a meaning to life, the nascent relationship with Wavey offering hope and redemption. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
Kevin Spacey
USA
Best movies:
Se7en (1995)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Julianne Moore
USA
Best movies:
The Fugitive (1993)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Magnolia (1999)
Judi Dench
UK
Best movies:
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
Cate Blanchett
Australia
Best movies:
Pete Postlethwaite
UK
Best movies:
Inception (2010)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Scott Glenn
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Rhys Ifans
UK
Best movies:
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
House of the Dragon (2022) (series)
Gordon Pinsent
Canada
Best movies:
Saint Ralph (2004)
The Shipping News (2001)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Jason Behr
USA
Best movies:
Pleasantville (1998)
The Shipping News (2001)
The Grudge (2004)
Larry Pine
USA
Best movies:
Dead Man Walking (1995)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Sunday (1997)
Jeannetta Arnette
USA
Best movies:
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Pay It Forward (2000)
The Shipping News (2001)
Robert Joy
Canada
Best movies:
Nuremberg (2000) (TV movie)
Radio Days (1987)
Ragtime (1981)
Alyssa Gainer
USA
Best movies:
Cast Away (2000)
The Shipping News (2001)
Little John (2002) (TV movie)
Ken James
Best movies:
Cinderella Man (2005)
Flowers for Algernon (2000) (TV movie)
Equus (1977)
Roman Podhora
Canada
Best movies:
Cinderella Man (2005)
Liar, Liar (1993) (TV movie)
Whale Music (1994)
Gary Levert
Best movies:
The Shipping News (2001)
Gracie's Choice (2004) (TV movie)
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009) (TV movie)
Kate Moennig
USA
Best movies:
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
The Shipping News (2001)
Everybody's Fine (2009)
Daniel Kash
Canada
Best movies:
Aliens (1986)
Cinderella Man (2005)
Guns (2008) (TV movie)
Will McAllister
Best movies:
The Shipping News (2001)
Marc Lawrence
USA
Best movies:
Vacation with a Gangster (1954)
Marathon Man (1976)
Desire (1936)