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Sea of Love (1989)

R 09/15/1989 Crime, Drama, Romance 1h 53m
66%
User
Score
6.8/10
76%
66/100

Deception is dangerous. Desire is deadly.

Overview

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.

Harold Becker

Director

Richard Price

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Al Pacino

Al Pacino

Frank Keller

Ellen Barkin

Ellen Barkin

Helen Cruger

John Goodman

John Goodman

Sherman

Michael Rooker

Michael Rooker

Terry

William Hickey

William Hickey

Frank Keller Sr.

Richard Jenkins

Richard Jenkins

Gruber

Paul Calderon

Paul Calderon

Serafino

Gene Canfield

Gene Canfield

Struk

Larry Joshua

Larry Joshua

Dargan

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Media

Al Pacino Throws the Killer Out the Window

Al Pacino Throws the Killer Out the Window

Sea of Love Trailer 1989 (VHS Capture)

Sea of Love Trailer 1989 (VHS Capture)

Trailer

Trailer

Sea of Love 1989 TV trailer

Sea of Love 1989 TV trailer

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Reviews

A review by kevin2019

Written on February 21, 2025

"Sea of Love" is a very conventional film for the most part and it will undoubtedly drive the more hardcore crime fans to complete distraction by mining the erotic thriller genre with much of the running time being consumed by the burgeoning sexual encounters of the central couple Frank and Helen. The film will frequently border on the downright boring as a direct result of this, especially amongst the more restive viewers just interested in who did it and why. However, the film successfully toys with us throughout by stringing us along in this regard until the very end when it delivers a tremendous and very satisfying conclusion to the series of murders, but in terms of Frank's and Helen's romance....well, the outcome of that is a good deal more ambiguous....

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