An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
The Shipping News has generally received positive reviews.
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The Shipping News was released in 2001 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 393 reviews, giving The Shipping News (2001) an average rating of 62%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 71%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 61%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Shipping News than critics were.
With a score of 62%, The Shipping News is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2001, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2001 with similar scores include films like Spy Kids, Wet Hot American Summer and Monster's Ball.
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