Summary
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.
Cast
Al Pacino
Frank Keller
Ellen Barkin
Helen Cruger
John Goodman
Sherman
Michael Rooker
Terry
William Hickey
Frank Keller Sr.
Richard Jenkins
Gruber
Paul Calderon
Serafino
Gene Canfield
Struk
Larry Joshua
Dargan
John Spencer
Lieutenant
Christine Estabrook
Gina Gallagher / Lonelyheart
Barbara Baxley
Miss Allen
Patricia Barry
Older Woman
Mark Phelan
Murdered Man
Michael O'Neill
Raymond Brown
Michael Fischetti
Doorman
Luis Antonio Ramos
Omar Maldonado
Rafael Báez
Efram Maldonado
Samuel L. Jackson
Black Guy
Damien Leake
Ernest Lee
John Thaddeus
Tommy
Joshua Nelson
Willie
Christofer de Oni
Supermarket Manager
Dwayne McClary
Supermarket Cashier
Jacqueline Brookes
Helen's Mother
Thom Curley
Toastmaster
Fred Sanders
Cable Supervisor
Larry Mullane
Clipboard Guy #2
Anthony Catanese
Clipboard Guy #3
Thomas Wagner
Bartender
Manny Alfaro
Doorman
Brian Paul
James Mackey
Deborah Taylor
Tense Woman
Ferne Downey
Sasha
Nancy Beatty
Raymond Brown's Wife
Tony De Santis
Clipboard Guy #1
Jackie Laidlaw
Yuppie Detective #1
Paul Hubbard
Yuppie Detective #2
James Kidnie
Surveillance Team Member
Bridget O'Sullivan
Sherman's Wife
Franz Fridal
Criminal Type
James O'Regan
Hallway Cop
Wayne Best
Hallway Cop
John Bourgeois
Young Cop
Hugh Thompson
Young Cop
Miranda de Pencier
Bride
Ty Templeton
Groom
Lorraine Bracco
Denice Gruber (scenes deleted)
Crew
Director
Harold Becker
Writer
Richard Price
Reviews
kevin2019
February 21, 2025
8
"Sea of Love" is a very conventional film for the most part and it will undoubtedly drive the more hardcore crime fans to complete distraction by mining the erotic thriller genre with much of the running time being consumed by the burgeoning sexual encounters of the central couple Frank and Helen. The film will frequently border on the downright boring as a direct result of this, especially amongst the more restive viewers just interested in who did it and why. However, the film successfully toys with us throughout by stringing us along in this regard until the very end when it delivers a tremendous and very satisfying conclusion to the series of murders, but in terms of Frank's and Helen's romance....well, the outcome of that is a good deal more ambiguous.
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$19,000,000.00
Revenue:
$110,879,513.00
