| The apologies and absolutions at the end of the movie were rather trite and underdone. |
| There's the tangled web and fatalism of Cocteau's standard storyline, but the movie lacks the waking dream state of Cocteau's movies. |
| I saw this movie on t.v. years and years ago and have yet to be able to find it in a video store. |
| Unlike the previous installment, this movie focuses primarily on the students, allowing many of the adults little more than walk-on cameos. |
| The movie is still impressive, even if contemporary viewers may be baffled by the abrupt shifts between styles, time periods and storylines. |
| Thus even a not-entirely-great movie like City by the Sea feels like wafts of fresh air. |
