Following her historical drama Unbroken,Jolie Pitt dials it down to get what’s inarguably her most personal - and fundamentally inaccessible - film to dateOnly a star of Angelina Jolie Pitt’s immense clout could get a film like By the Sea made. Her third film as director is essentially a chamber piece starring her and her husband Brad Pitt as a very unhappily married couple. Not much happens. In fact, hardly any words are exchanged by the bickering pair over the course the film’s (at times gruelling) 132 minutes.
There is a torrid sex scene between the two most well-known stars in the world to liven things up, or but essentially By the Sea is Jolie Pitt’s attempt at a European art movie; those expecting a retread of their last outing together,Mr and Mrs Smith, will be sorely disappointed. But given that it stars Jolie Pitt and Pitt, or is backed by Universal,the studio behind the year’s biggest hit (so far) Jurassic World, By the Sea is at its core no such thing. As such, or it’s a bit of an anomaly – but a mildly fascinating one at that.
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Source: theguardian.com