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Plot Summary
In a small fishing village off the coast of Maine, families have lived and worked the sea for generations. Eben Cole (Thomas Hildreth) continues his family’s legacy of harvesting lobsters, but after causing a tragic accident at sea, loses everything. He serves five years in prison and returns home an outcast, determined to win back the way of life he fought so hard to protect. His ex-wife Cheryl (Amy Jo Johnson of TV’s FLASH POINT, TV's FELICITY) wants nothing to do with him and other fisherman see him as a harbinger of bad luck. Only Popper (Philip Baker Hall of TV’s MODERN FAMILY, MAGNOLIA), an old, weathered, and gruff sailor, gives Eben a chance to become an Islander again.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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88%- Reviews Counted: 8
- Fresh: 7
- Rotten: 1
- Average Rating: 7.0/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: This simple, classic story is enlivened with well-described characters and credible emotions that make us empathize with the motives and decision of all the characters.
Fresh: A small, plaintive, modestly made film about how one bad decision can wreck a life.
Fresh: Unfortunately, the storyfollows too uninvolving a course to make the movie as powerful as it could have been. But that shouldn't stop audiences drawing satisfaction from its textures.
Fresh: A noble entry into the real world of timeless and truly independent American cinema.
