45 minutes, and two-thousand movies later, I found City By the Sea in my collection. Had the sudden urge to watch it last night. Hope it's as good as I remembered! Moving this last time REALLY... more

45 minutes, and two-thousand movies later, I found City By the Sea in my collection. Had the sudden urge to watch it last night. Hope it's as good as I remembered! Moving this last time REALLY screwed up the organization of my movies. :(

While we wait for the lamb roast. Lazy Sunday movie in bed with my boys.

Never gonna finish this

I'm watching City by the Sea, kinda long but lots of good twists in the plot. Just gritty enough to seem real.

Should be watchin purdue game

How many movies have I seen in which a father has a lost, misguided son? I can't count them all. They don't usually bother me like this one does. Maybe it's down to the chemistry between De Niro and... more

How many movies have I seen in which a father has a lost, misguided son? I can't count them all. They don't usually bother me like this one does. Maybe it's down to the chemistry between De Niro and Franco and a testament to how well these two actors perform. It's intensely moving to see Joey -- who just wants to go to Florida (where his family, in happier times, once vacationed) and forget about being a junkie, forget about having been walked out on by his father and no longer supported by his mother -- interact with his cop dad, Vincent. Vincent knows he did the wrong thing, but he can't begin to fix it, doesn't really try anymore. He could blame his own father, but he knows that a person makes his own choices, and Joey is no exception. When Joey gets caught up in murder, what is there to do? The film might not be composed of the most original material, but the acting is what makes it worth seeing.

Now watching at home before it goes off streaming

Very gritty and dark. Most of the characters in the film walk an evil path, and most of the others, even the "good guys" are not far from it.