Year by the Sea

This is a wonderful movie. The reviews by the professional critics are way off base - the majority of viewers in any general audience would love this story.

I did like this movie but the acting was slightly corny, production bit amateur. However it did have heart and a message.

Having read all of Joan Anderson's books I was excited to finally get the opportunity to see the movie, I didn't want to get my hopes up as so many times novels don't relate well on film, and this was one of those movies. The books contain deep meaningful conversations with Joan Erickson, a fascinating woman with deep psychological insight and together the two Joan's talk about life, being a woman.

Really wanted to like this film...good cast, beautiful setting but soooo stupid and unbelievable script.

YEAR BY THE SEA (2016) is a pretty and pretty empty account of a "middle-aged" woman (and writer) who leaves her husband to rent a rustic cottage on Cape Cod to find herself. Good enough premise, but the Cape Cod she finds with its deserted towns, empty beaches, and retro cottage are all unrealistic, and that throws off the story.

Uses every cliché in the books.. There were audible groans at the screening I attended at a film festival.

An excellent film! Alexander Janko's screenplay masterfully combines Joan Anderson's first three books into a moving film which tells a story that women AND men can identify with...

This is a MUST SEE movie. It is a beautiful story that reminds us it's NEVER too late to "reclaim" your life.

Year by the Sea is an excellent movie that speaks to the issue life changes present to us as individuals and to our relationships. The music, acting, location, and scenery all tell a story that women and men alike experience as we grow into the realization that the best thing we can do is to discover the gifts we each have.