Sea of Love
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.
Critics Sentiment
Helen's ex-husband Terry bursts in as the real killer
Helen discovers Frank is a police officer and relationship strains
The film jumps from its lowest point during the relationship strain to its peak with Terry's shocking entrance as the real killer
Sea of Love builds steadily with strong chemistry between Pacino and Barkin carrying the erotic thriller elements, though it suffers from pacing issues in the middle sections. The film peaks with a genuinely surprising and tense climactic revelation before settling into a somewhat divisive ending that some found satisfying while others deemed anticlimactic.
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Al Pacino
Frank Keller
Ellen Barkin
Helen Cruger
John Goodman
Sherman
Michael Rooker
Terry
William Hickey
Frank Keller Sr.
Richard Jenkins
Gruber
Paul Calderon
Serafino
Gene Canfield
Struk
Larry Joshua
Dargan
John Spencer
Lieutenant
Christine Estabrook
Gina Gallagher / Lonelyheart
Barbara Baxley
Miss Allen
Patricia Barry
Older Woman
Mark Phelan
Murdered Man
Michael O'Neill
Raymond Brown
Michael Fischetti
Doorman
Luis Antonio Ramos
Omar Maldonado
Rafael Báez
Efram Maldonado
Samuel L. Jackson
Black Guy
Damien Leake
Ernest Lee
Crew
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