I bought Sea Change to help complete my collection of the Jesse Stone series. If you get any one from the series, be it Sea Change, or any of the others & like it, you'll want to start your collection also. It's a mellow program, not fast paced, but it passes fast. This series is well written & uses good actors, which makes for a win, win. One refreshing aspect of the show (for me) is that you seldom hear a cuss word. I like seeing Tom Selleck (Jesse Stone)play a serious role, and I like him more now than I ever did as Magnum P.I.. Jesse Stone is a refreshing change from the macho nonsense. Above I rated Jesse Stone: Sea Change as good, though I'd rate it between good to excellent.
Robert B. Parker's characters come across as very real people in his many novels, even the super sleuth Spenser and his thuggish companion Hawk are given dramatic weight. Jesse Stone, the alcoholic ex-baseball player turned cop, comes across even more believeable and Selleck's portrayal is very dead on. Stone, after losing his L.A. job, takes the offer to be police chief in a small New England resort town to start his life over. But, he can't escape drinking or his feelings for his cheating ex-wife. The film has been altered from the book somewhat to focus a newly created cold case Jesse gets involved in about a bank robbery and murder of a teller. The original tale involving sexual escapades aboard a yacht during an annual sailing event is still present, but has become a side story. Sean Young (Blade Runner, Dune) plays Sybil Martin, a carefree partier who attacts Jesse's attention when he investigates a rape charge against her host, a boat-owner in town for Race Week. William Devane returns as Dr. Dix, an ex-cop who is now Jesse's shrink and confidant. The direction and art style are very subdued and the film moves at its own pace - no car crashes, explosions, etc. This is more about the characters and not a thriller. Jesse pieces together the old case, getting maybe too personal with the victim's sister. If you enjoy a well-presented, well-acted drama with sympathetic characters - the Jesse Stone movies are a good experience.Read full review
Tom Selleck and Robert B. Parker give us the moody, taciturn and very intelligent and likeable Paradise Police Chief, Jesse Stone. This is another success in the series which I wish was a long running tv series, but which is presented in about 10 (so far) made-for-tv movies. Other memorable characters are Suitcase and Rose. Hopefully there will be more to come.
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The fourth DVD in which Selleck is cast as the stoic and very human Jesse Stone. If you have read the book, you catch the irony of the title. In previous books Stone encountered or experienced several themes: 1) An ongoing up and down relationship with his ex-wife; 2) A battle with alcoholism; 3) A situation involving frontier justice that renders a bad guy incapacitated and reinforces Stone's approach to police work as "Get 'er done", 4) Encounters with one or two women who make it clear that Stone is the Cop of the Month; 5) At least one juvenile girl whom he befriends; 6) An idiot attorney whose blowhard manner is exceeded only by his or her ego. In this DVD, Stone takes a different tack. The DVD is not faithful to the book in terms of facts but it does indeed reflect a sea change. Selleck continues to bring a very believable Jesse Stone to life. If you enjoy Parker's gritty style, you will like this DVD and the other three that preceded it.Read full review
This is a great adaptation of Parker's Jesse Stone books. Very good acting and story line. This is a must for Parker fans.
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