Far too many story lines in this 'City'
Film
Director Michael Caton-Jones' "City by the Sea" is a film with many stories, but with little plot. There is the story of a murder investigation; a family's fall from grace; the ruin of a paradisiacal seaside town; and -- stop me if you've heard this one -- the story of the tortured teenage boy who blames his estranged father for everything. Caton-Jones has a number of fine ingredients -- including a number of talented actors -- but he ends with a sloppy jumble of a film, in which actors and stories vie for airtime.
A quick montage establishes the setting of "City by the Sea":...
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