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If Sunset Beach was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.
“This film is a war crime against cinema.”
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1997 · Drama
Sunset Beach
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
Sunset Beach is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from January 6, 1997 to December 31, 1999. The show follows the loves and lives of the people living in the Orange County coastal area named Sunset Beach, on the coast of California. Although there is a town in California called Sunset Beach, the show's beach scenes were shot on nearby Seal Beach. The show was co-produced by NBC and Spelling Television. Sunset Beach won two Daytime Emmy Awards and was nominated another eleven times. The show also received twenty-two nominations for various other awards.
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RELEASE DATE
1997
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GENRE
Drama
PLOT SUMMARY
Sunset Beach is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from January 6, 1997 to December 31, 1999. The show follows the loves and lives of the people living in the Orange County coastal area named Sunset Beach, on the coast of California. Although there is a town in California called Sunset Beach, the show's beach scenes were shot on nearby Seal Beach. The show was co-produced by NBC and Spelling Television. Sunset Beach won two Daytime Emmy Awards and was nominated another eleven times. The show also received twenty-two nominations for various other awards.
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@AISLE_GHOUL2025-12-13 21:00 UTC
Two solid hours of characters staring intensely out of rain-slicked windows. Brilliant work, Sunset Beach.
@POPCORN_CRITIC2025-12-22 06:00 UTC
Watched Sunset Beach so you don't have to. You're welcome.
@CREDITS_FLEE2025-12-11 05:00 UTC
Sunset Beach: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.
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r/movies · u/MidnightMatinee🔥 3.0k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Sunset Beach?
Just got out of Sunset Beach and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/movies · u/BoomMicBoomer🔥 3.0k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Sunset Beach actually is?
Honestly, Sunset Beach would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/boxoffice · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 1.4k points
Hot Take: Sunset Beach's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Rewatched Sunset Beach last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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