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- 2024
- Game Theory Films
- 1 h 55 m
- 2024
- Game Theory Films
- 1 h 55 m
Summary Grappling with the death of her mother, a Japanese-Canadian woman brings her family to a retreat. When her relationship with her husband begins to affect the children's emotional security, the family is forever changed.
Directed By: Meredith Hama-Brown
Written By: Meredith Hama-Brown
- 2024
- Game Theory Films
- 1 h 55 m
- 2024
- Game Theory Films
- 1 h 55 m
Seagrass
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Summary Grappling with the death of her mother, a Japanese-Canadian woman brings her family to a retreat. When her relationship with her husband begins to affect the children's emotional security, the family is forever changed.
Directed By: Meredith Hama-Brown
Written By: Meredith Hama-Brown
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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83% Positive
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17% Mixed
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
84
83% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
17% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Seagrass is a small Canadian film that delivers a huge emotional impact.
What starts as a standard marriage drama becomes infused with dread and building tension. It’s never easy to pinpoint the root cause, though it goes well beyond the usual verbal conflicts one sees in standard dramas. As the story progresses toward its tempestuous conclusion, one gets Bergman-esque vibes mixed with modern sensibilities. It’s truly a singular experience.
The strength of Hama-Brown’s film is how deftly it captures that feeling that emotion can’t always be expressed through language.
The result is a film that leaves a distinct impression, molding deeply personal elements and sweepingly profound ideas into something spectacular that sneaks up on you.
That authenticity captivates. Seagrass understands that these couples’ retreats aren’t for everyone and that some marriages aren’t either.
Seagrass is psychologically interesting, and touching here and there. But one can’t help but get the feeling our filmmaker never got out of the shallows.
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Production Company
Ceroma Films,
Experimental Forest Films,
Hamilton Moving Pictures
Release Date Feb 23, 2024
Duration 1 h 55 m
Genres
Awards
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
Festival du nouveau cinéma
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 2 Nominations
