An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
The Shipping News is of 1 hour(s) and 51 minute(s). It is Produced By: Miramax. It was released on 2001-12-18. It has the tagline: You'll never guess what you'll find inside... It has an average vote of 6.341 on TMDB.
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