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Islander (2006) -- On a small fishing island off the coast of Maine, families have lived and worked off the sea for generations. Everyone knows each other. Birthright is akin to law and men inherit their fishing territories. Eben Cole, like the other fishermen, continu

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6.8/10   137 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Ian McCrudden (writer) &
Thomas Hildreth (writer)
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Plot:
After causing a tragic accident at sea, Eben Cole loses his family, friends and stature in his island fishing community... more | add synopsis
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Decent Story, Clumsily and Amateurishly Written more (11 total)

Cast

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Thomas Hildreth ... Eben Cole
James Parks ... Pokey
Mark Kiely ... Jimmy
Christopher Major ... Junior
Walter Day ... John John

Philip Baker Hall ... Popper
Honorah Warren ... Betty
Mackenzie Young ... Young Sara

Amy Jo Johnson ... Cheryl
Ed Conway ... Karl
Larry Pine ... Old Man Cole
Robert Taylor ... Additional Fisherman
Donna Jean Smith ... Doris
Nicole Lazaro ... Counter Woman #1
Angela Hufsey ... Counter Woman #2
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and brief sexuality.
Runtime:
USA:100 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Goofs:
Factual errors: Eben's attorney says he is from the "Maine Public Defender's office." However, no such office exists - Maine hires private attorneys for indigent clients. more
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3 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
Decent Story, Clumsily and Amateurishly Written, 20 March 2007
4/10
Author: jmbellin from United States

This is the sort of movie that might have been a Movie of the Week many years ago, but without the slickness. The plot points are fairly trite. There is not much nuance in this movie. I hate it when a director or writer has to resort to black and white contrasts in order for you to get the point. You want to make someone be less sympathetic? Have that person rape someone. How 'bout making someone more sympathetic? Make sure they get a disfiguring, bloody injury.

Not many characters in this film are very thoughtful, except when the plot calls for that character to shine relative to a not very thoughtful character. Many act out of knee-jerk reactions.

Many speak with a phony hyped-up Maine accent. For some reason, everybody who lives in Bahston or Mayen have wicked accents. Anyone else laugh at the dialect of the educated psychiatrist in "The Departed"? This could have been a very good story about rehabilitation and redemption, and it's not terrible overall, but there are too many groaners in the form of badly written dialogue or plot points.

Perhaps my view of this film is tainted by having just seen a beautiful film, an HBO production called "Langford", based on a member of British Parliament who befriended a convicted child killer. "Langford" was a beautifully written, nuanced film, with lots of room for the viewers to think in the gray areas.

I wish the writers and filmmaker had more trust in the audience.

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