At its core the film is melancholic and even unsettling, examining ideas of gaze, fidelity and possession, grief and even vanity itself.

| Feb 13, 2024

This movie was terrible.

| Apr 29, 2020

This movie felt like it was three days long... It just felt like an eternity.

| Apr 29, 2020

By the Sea is a series of nice visuals and pleasant costumes. Which is frustrating as there is an interesting kernel of an idea here, especially when combined with the lead cast.

| Apr 4, 2020

About the technical level there is nothing bad to say, the film is quite stimulating in terms of video and audio. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 27, 2019

By the Sea is a hard watch in a lot of ways, not because the subject matter is difficult to watch unfold, but because the slow-going plot and sparsely-used dialogue will make you impatiently awaiting the end.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 5, 2019

Nothing ever truly sizzles. The result is a film that is very flat, and easily forgettable.

| Original Score: C- | Jan 17, 2019

The chemistry between Brad and Angelina is killer. It palpable and obvious it is from beyond the screen.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Oct 30, 2018

It's a shame because we know what they're going for, that French Italian new wave idiom but they never get there. It approaches the artistic heights, but no cigar.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2018

Jolie appears to have spent more time picking out lingerie and arranging it in silk and satin than writing the script or even trying to get her husband to act

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 1, 2018

Along the way, it lost itself, turning into something that is neither here or there. It is a film that is as confused as its barren characters.

| May 1, 2018

It's touching, but it doesn't save the result from becoming anembarrassment.

| Jan 11, 2018

It's clear that [Director] Jolie-Pitt is going to take her time to develop the plot. Also, that the story itself is small. [Full review in Spanish]

| Dec 5, 2017

Cutting, provocative, introspective and wickedly astute, the elegant art-house melodrama juxtaposes beauty with the ugliness of the institution [of marriage].

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 5, 2017

From the moment our gilded couple hove into view in one of the most beautiful cars ever made -- a convertible Citroën DS -- I have to say I rather warmed to it, despite its obvious lack of commerciality.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 26, 2017

The result is an uneven film that tests viewers' patience as holes in the narrative are filled with unhappy stares and beauty shots of the Maltese coastline...

| Oct 18, 2017

So it's a misfire, but one that springs from a deeply felt place.

| Aug 21, 2017

The message reached by the end of the film is worth the wait, as long as you're willing to ponder the meaning after the final scene.

| Aug 11, 2017

This movie would have been a lot better if it weren't so concerned with being beautiful or important.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 10, 2017

Thankfully, Jolie Pitt the director is in much better form; and as ponderous, maybe even pretentious, as some of this might be, there was never a moment where I wanted to look away from the screen.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 18, 2016