The Shipping News (2001)
"Dive beneath the surface."
ThumbScore
👍 69%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 51%
(RT: 55%, MC: 47) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Gordon Pinsent as Billy Pretty
Is The Shipping News good?
It's divisive. 69% audience score, estimated from 438 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 51%.
Overview
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life. Wikipedia ↗
