Synopsis
A successful businessman attempting to resurrect his life buys and boards a dilapidated sailboat.
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Cast
- Josh LucasYoung Mariner
- Ayelet ZurerThe Waitress
- James CromwellThe Ancient Mariner
- Jon TenneyThe Divorced Man
- Casey LaBowLauren
- Taylor NicholsThe Boss
- Anne FabaHelen
- Ele BardhaThe Buyer
- Austin BickelOwen
Recommendations
- 60
Village Voice
The film stays afloat, if barely, thanks to Elliot Davis's uncluttered camerawork, a surprisingly unsentimental denouement, and performers who deftly undersell the script's corniest pretensions. - 60
Movieline
It's a slender story of mourning that manages some lovely bits of mood while also being dreary and a little preposterous in its spareness. - 50
Los Angeles Times
This quiet, atmospheric drama (originally titled "A Year in Mooring") feels padded even in its brief running time; it's a slight mood piece posing as a character study. - 40
Time Out
This is a man-versus-nature parable heavy on the sappy existentialism that's very much of our time. Call it Nicholas Sparks's The Grey. - 40
New York Daily News
The film doesn't play games; it's basically just Lucas going through a short story-like period of reflection and redemption almost entirely without dialogue. It's not enough, but it is what this underappreciated actor does best. - 40
The New York Times
Much of the skimpy, waterlogged dialogue in Peter Vanderwall's screenplay is heavy with portent. Excerpts from Homer's "Odyssey" and Longfellow's "Children's Hour" add to the tonnage. - 38
Slant Magazine
A banal "poetic" drama of a grieving stranger licking his wounds in a bayside Michigan town. - 30
Arizona Republic
The movie is plagued with long stretches of dialogue-free contemplation and static shots of nature happening. At only 83 minutes, the film is too slight to feel so padded.
