JESSE STONE 4: SEA CHANGE(2007)
This is the fourth of the Jesse Stone movies, based on
the books written by Robert B. Parker!
These films all star Tom Selleck who is absolutely perfect
in this role!!! Sea Change is again a dark movie, as are all
of these movies
This follows directly after the the last installment, with
Suitcase still in the hospital! However there are several
changes here, the least of which isn't Molly(Viola Davis)
is gone apparently having a baby! Replacing her here is
Kathy Baker(playing Rose Gammon)!
As for the story: Jesse's drinking is getting worse;
Jesse's drudging up an old case to try to keep hiself
busy; and another rape case! Again dreary but still a
great watch! B
A review from Amazon.com:
Tom Selleck's reliably appealing performance in the title
role carries Jesse Stone: Sea Change, the fourth in the series
of films based on Robert B. Parker's novels. His Jesse Stone
is one gloomy dude; fired from his job as a detective with
the LAPD, unhappily divorced from his wife (with whom he
still talks daily on the telephone), and now police chief in
a picturesque but sleepy New England burg ironically called
Paradise, Stone has relieved his boredom and general
disaffection by taking to the bottle. But things are about
to change. First one of the local girls accuses a visiting
yachtsman, in town for Racing Week, of rape, an allegation
that may or may not be true (in a scenario straight out
of Jaws, when the presence of a shark threatened to ruin
a holiday weekend, the tourism-obsessed Paradise town
council wants to sweep this one under the rug as swiftly
as possible). Then there's a robbery-murder case dating
back a dozen years or more, which Stone at first takes
on simply so he'll have something to do but later becomes
a good deal more complicated. Sea Change is a great-looking
film, with a lovely setting, gorgeous cinematography, and
a golden retriever that can be relied on for adorable reaction
shots. But it's also a TV movie of the week, which in this
instance means that it's almost entirely predictable, with
professional but less-than-convincing performances by
actors dealing with a script in which the characters simply
don't talk like real people (Kathy Baker and Kohl Sudduth
as fellow cops are among the few exceptions). As for Jesse
Stone, well, this is Tom Selleck we're talking about, and
drunk or not, he is still thoroughly likable, not to mention
a major chick magnet. That alone will be enough to entertain
viewers looking for some easy escapism. --Sam Graham