Synopsis
An ex-con returns to his Florida hometown after three years and becomes involved with the wife of his best friend, the local sheriff.
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Cast
- Timothy OlyphantSonny Mann
- Josh BrolinDave Lockhart
- Sarah WynterAnn Lockhart
- Scott WilsonPa Mann
- Angela BettisEffie Bender
- Josh LucasEddie Vance
- Robert WisdomBob Johnson
- Daniel von BargenSheriff Tate
- Blake LindsleyRedhead in Bar
- Robert GlaudiniHenry
Recommendations
- 75
Entertainment Weekly
It's a heartfelt movie that could have used a zigzaggier undercurrent, though Olyphant, in the sort of role that Paul Newman used to swagger through, has a star's easy command. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
That this deceptively quiet crime thriller about an ex con's troubled homecoming sat on the shelf for four years before finding commercial distribution speaks volumes about both the voracious appetite for sand/surf/summer-break cliches and Hollywood's willingness to pander to it. - 63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Nunez's dialogue, and the paces he puts this threesome through, just don't ring true. Coastlines is the stuff of pulp, seriously at odds with what the writer-director has always done best. That is, show the inner workings of people, their needs, their fears, their small dreams. - 60
Film Threat
There is energy to this film that is somewhat different from Nunez's others. Along with a terrific cast, Nunez keeps the action driving forward: dangerous, sexy, and conflicted. - 60
Variety
A melodramatic step backward for writer-director Victor Nunez after his last two pictures, the first-rate "Ruby in Paradise" and "Ulee's Gold." - 60
The New York Times
A larger problem is the film's attempt to piece together a hard-boiled crime drama with a soft-boiled soap opera, ultimately giving precedence to the suds and adding a sickly lemon scent. - 58
The A.V. Club
That love triangle is Coastlines' center. Trouble is, it plays more like canned heat than blazing inferno. - 50
New York Post
Nunez gets nice performances from his cast, but his narrative is cluttered.