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  griffin_crescent@ wrote:
  Seeing the film without having read the book, one is left to connect the dots and form a picture that is likely much better drawn in literature. Nonetheless, the acting is first class; despite seeming slightly dopey and gullible, Spacey as Quoyle is really sympathetic, and Dench as his aunt is a gem. Scott Glenn is not quite believable as a Newfoundlander, least of all a Bayman, but at least he can act. The uncast character in the whole thing is, of course, Newfoundland. The scenery dominates when ever the director gives it a chance. Everything seems to cling to a rock as refuge from the power of the sea. The phlegmatic inhabitants complete a cinematic ecosystem that, despite the rawness of its nature, really welcomes the viewer, all the while filling one with a foreboding until one finds one's place in it.
(9/10)
 
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