Roland and Vanessa's distress, vapid and insufficiently motivated to start with, is further imperiled by the director's heavy-handed screenwriting.
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This review of By the Sea (2015) was written by Ella Taylor and published by NPR on 13 Nov 2015.
By the Sea has generally received mixed reviews.
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