![]() ![]() ![]() This time he seems sharp, edgy, complicated and authentic. When she roughly embraces Pacino, and then stalks around the room like a tigress in heat before returning to her quarry, there is an energy that almost derails the movie.įor Pacino, "Sea of Love" is a reminder of the strong presence he established in street roles in the 1970s, before he drifted away into an unfocused stardom in too many softer roles. Her performance in " The Big Easy" (1987) was Oscar caliber, and again this time she seems to cross some kind of acting threshold. There can be little doubt, at this point, that Barkin is one of the most intense and passionately convincing actresses now at work in American movies. But what impressed me most in the film was the personal chemistry between Pacino and Barkin. (The situation has an uncanny parallel with Glenn Close's feelings for Jeff Bridges in "Jagged Edge.") The purely plot elements in "Sea of Love" work well enough until the very end of the movie, I suppose, when the solution turns out to be a red herring. Pacino is meanwhile portrayed as so seriously disturbed within himself that he would almost prefer to die at this woman's hands than surrender his love. Is Barkin, in fact, the killer? Various hints are dropped, various clues are planted. The movie uses this attraction to set a frankly manipulative plot into motion. There is chemistry between Pacino and one of the women ( Ellen Barkin), and although it is unprofessional and possibly dangerous, he sees her again and they find themselves powerfully attracted to one another. This notion leads to one of the movie's better sequences, as Pacino devotes half an hour apiece to assembly-line dates with a series of lonely hearts, while Goodman plays the waiter at his table. Lacking any other clues, Pacino has a brainstorm: Why don't he and Goodman place an ad of their own, and then date all of the women who answer it? By getting the women's fingerprints on wine glasses, the cops may be able to discover the murderer. ![]() They discover that both of their victims had placed rhyming ads in one of those singles magazines where people advertise for partners. Tracking down leads, Pacino crosses paths with another detective ( John Goodman) handling a similar case. ![]()
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