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Jesse Stone: Sea Change

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In this exciting drama Jesse Stone has settled in as the police chief of the small New England town of Paradise Mass. and his ultimate nightmare has come true: Stone finds himself filling his time writing parking tickets and struggling to keep his ever-present attraction to beautiful women and booze under control. With one of his officers on maternity leave and another fighting for his life after suffering a gunshot wound Jesse's restlessness gets the best of him and he re-opens a 12-year-old cold case involving the murder of a bank teller. Jesse finds his unsolved case unfolding while he's also investigating the tawdry circumstances surrounding an alleged rape aboard a yacht during the town's annual Race Week.System Requirements:Run Time: 89 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/MADE FOR TV MOVIES UPC: 043396212718 Manufacturer No: 21271

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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

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Date: 2008-07-13
Tom Selleck at his best...
The second of a series we recently acquired, Death in Paradise is a great find because Tom Selleck is one of our favorite actors and we own the entire Magnum PI collection. In this series a more mature but still incredibly handsome Tom Selleck plays the character of the Chief of Police of a small New England town called Paradise, Massachusetts.

Jesse Stone is a former Los Angeles homicide detective who left life in the big city and is now underemployed, but still doing service to the community, which he loves. He is divorced from the "only woman he is able to love" but still talks to her each and every night, and is now seeing a psychiatrist who is helping him with his issues to attempt to stop his addiction to alcohol. At some point the shrink makes Jesse realize that he is able to avoid drinking only when a case is serious and has him totally involved in finding a solution, so he goes out of his way to find cases and tries to resolve an old murder that took place a few years back.

Life in Paradise is slow and for the most part the Chief of Police only gives out traffic or parking tickets. In this episode a local girl accuses a yachtsman of rape, a man who is visiting town during Racing Week which is rather important to the local economy.

The old robbery - murder case becomes rather interesting as we see the detective work uncovering details that finally solve the mystery. While the case is being solved, we have the opportunity to witness great photography and the scenes by the sea are simply magnificent. As with all DVD's, our favorite part is the opportunity to watch the special features and we saw the interview with Tom Selleck where we learned that he was involved in the production of this film.

Don't miss it, the pace is slow but introspective, the plot is deep and intelligent, and you are left with feeling admiration for a man that has done wrong things while always attempting to do what is right!

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Date: 2008-07-12
Love it
I love the Jesse Stone story line. I never cared much for Robert B. Parker's Spenser character, but do like Jesse Stone. Tom Selleck plays it extremely well. I even like the fact that a Golden Retriever plays his conscience on occasion. Hope they make more of these movies.

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Date: 2008-07-11
Jesse Stone- better than Magnum!
Tom Selleck as Jesse Stone is FANTASTIC. I'd never seen him as the famous Magnum PI until recently. We really liked the the Jesse Stone movies when on TV but as with most things nowadays it's best on DVD and without all the on screen clutter they add anymore. Good stories, great acting, can't wait for the next ones!

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Date: 2008-07-03
GOTTA LOVE JESSE STONE
Tom Selleck again shows his diversity of acting in this movie which is the 4th DVD of a series of movies adapted to screen from the books by Robert Parker. Jesse Stone is a good police officer who leaves LAPD because of a divorce and a drinking problem and takes a job in a small town in Massachussetts called Paradise. There, with a small but tight knit force he solves a series of murders while trying to figure out his life which to him seems to be going down the toilet fast. If you like mystery, romance, and a good mix of good detective work than crawl up in your chair and watch this series as one would read a good book on a rainy day. You might want to start with the first movie, NIGHT PASSAGE, then STONE COLD, and then MURDER IN PARADISE to get the full story but this movie will stand on it's own as does all the other movies. STONE COLD recently played on TV.