The Shipping News (2001)

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No Nudity
Genre Drama
AKA Noeuds et dénouements
Director Lasse Hallström
Rated R
Theatrical Release December 9th, 2001
Country USA

Scientists argue about what distinguishes humans from the other mammals. Is it our language system? Our ability to transmit complex knowledge from generation to generation?

I submit it is our tendency to romanticize the past, specifically our own youth.

Nothing is ever as good as in our youth, is it? The soft drinks were sweeter then, the athletes greater, the grass greener, the birds sang

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