FeatureR1989·113m·6.6

Sea of Love

Deception is dangerous. Desire is deadly.

CrimeDramaRomance

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.

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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

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
$19.0M
Revenue
$110.9M
Age rating
R
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Universal Pictures

Crew

Director

Harold Becker

Writers

Richard Price

Ronnie Taylor

Director of Photography

David Bretherton

Editor

Trevor Jones

Original Music Composer

Betsy Cox

Costume Design

John Jay Moore

Production Design

Gallery

Reviews

kevin2019

2/21/2025

8.0

"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.