Down the Shore

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God this was awful. I couldn't wait for it to be over. I kept fast forwarding 30 seconds at a time. And I'd hit play, it was still on the same boring scene and nothing changed. This movie could have been a 20 minute short story and it still would have been horribly slow. Let me save you the time. I'd say "spoiler" alert, but watching it would spoil 1 hour and 32 minutes of your life. Tony Soprano grew a beard and dresses like a ditsoon. His sister went to Paris and married some douche that cranks a carousel in 5 minutes cause she was dying of cancer. She leaves the douche half the house she was sharing with her brother, Tony Soprano in a Cart-hart hoodie. Tony though he killed his friends father but his friend actually did it. And he has been blackmailing Tony into sticking around and supporting his crack habit. At the end, the French douchebag is told by the crackhead that ditsoon style Tony only graised his father with the bullet and it was actually his crackhead self who killed him. The French douche gives Tony a bag of money and he drives off with the crack head's wife and retarded son. The end.

It was a really interesting movie. James Gandofini did a great job. So did the rest of the cast. It is sad that not a lot of people got to see it. I have read about the Jersey Shore but i have never seen it. I guess everyone makes movies that go to video right away The kid did a great job.

A sometimes charming, sometimes suspenseful movie with great performances and decent dialog. The scenes are striking, the storyline holds your attention and my rule is that any movie with the incomparable JG is at least tolerable. Check it out if you have the time.

First and foremost rest in piece James Gandolfini. You were a true actor that was dedicated from the start of your career to the finish. Now let's talk about Down The Shore. Down the Shore is a slow burner yet with some promising touches of hope, connectivity, and light. I don't understand why IMBD mentioned this as a "thriller"? Maybe some parts seem a little -Mystic River- 'noir', but nothing over the top. It's pure drama with a tad bit of suspense with a mediocre plot twist, BUT, Bailey (James Gandolfini) keeps it rolling. Give the film some time my IMBD friends. Overall... ehh. It's okay. Nothing "new" but decent!

I love James Gandolfini and this little movie showed me why. In Down the Shore he is a sad, lonely man disappointed in what life has handed him and yet powerless to change anything. The bleak setting of the shore in winter, a broken down amusement park and the tiny run down houses (although the house weirdly gets bigger and nicer as the film goes on), produce an almost claustrophobic feeling to the film. Everyone before has said it..its beautifully acted and filmed. But afterwards I kept asking myself questions in the plot that were never fully explained. I gave it an 8 because it's a beautiful well crafted film...but flawed.

Slow movie with a strange feel to it. You get to see a few of those good old fashioned Tony Soprano outbursts, but other than that the movie lost my attention at times.

Down the Shore is a small drama that soars way above your expectations. It concerns 3 childhood friends living in a small town whose lives are thrown into turmoil when a stranger comes to visit. It takes it time to set up the premise by which time you get to know the characters involved. With a smart script, it sucks you in and you quickly get involved in the lives of the characters. It never goes where you think it will and the acting throughout is just superb by all members of the talented cast. The sadly deceased James Gandolfino puts in a towering performance as a man tortured by the past. There is a melancholy air throughout the film accentuated by a sparse and bleak landscape. This is an intelligent film that deserves a much wider audience and is well worth seeking out.

I found this movie to be a big waste of time. I kept hoping it might get better, It never did. It has good actors. I blame the script and the directing. The cinematography was beautiful, however.

I guess since his passing I've appreciated James Gandolfini more than before, I wasn't a Soprano guy but I really enjoyed him as Mayor of NYC in the remade Taking of Pelham 123. That's why I watched this obscure little flick. He plays the manager of a tiny amusement park in one of the strangest beach areas you've ever seen. More than anything I'm fascinated by the shooting location, undoubtedly on the ocean but with city views out in the distance (in fact Keansburg NJ is across Raritan Bay from Perth Amboy and within view of lower Manhattan). Since the story occurs in the winter, the physical back drop is even more depressed by the season. James is affected by the death of his sister, who knowing she had cancer goes to France, marries a man, and leaves him one half of the house she shared with James. Does she do this because she knows he will be good for James? Your guess is as good as mine. I was drawn partially into this movie, enough to watch it through but not enough to highly recommend it for anything but die-hard JG fans. P.S. I have since visited Keansburg and Kiddie Land and it looks just like it does on the screen.