Tempest
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Movie Reviews of Tempest
Movie Review: Subtle hilarity!
Summary: 5 Stars
Set on a beautiful Greek Island, this somewhat surreal plotline is the perfect vehicle for outstanding performances by John Cassavetes and Raul Julia.Movie Review: Great Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie when it came out at the theaters, many years ago. I forgot how funny and clever it is.Movie Review: Four Stars
Summary: 4 Stars
This is one of my favorite films. I like it because it's really different from what you might expect. There are aspects of it that leave you scratching your head. It's funny, entertaining, surprising and even shocking. It's a fairly unusual title, so if you're interested in something a little "off the beaten track" as it were, this might be it. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because the story moves a little too slowly for my taste. If you're an action junky - forget it. If you're in it for a deep story - forget it. After watching this, you'll recall it like it was a dream you had more than a movie you saw.Movie Review: Tempest DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
We received this item in the time expected, and our son was very happy with it.Movie Review: Rambling, occasionally interesting
Summary: 3 Stars
In this loose (emphasis on loose, for sure) adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest, John Cassevetes takes on the Prospero role for all it's worth and delivers a piercing performance as Philip Demetrios, successful architect with a failed marriage. He moves with his daughter Miranda (Molly Ringwald in her first film appearance) to a Greek island where he meets the beautiful Aretha Tomalin (Susan Sarandon in the Ariel role) and promptly hooks up with her, as they say.
On hand as well is Raul Julia as Calibanos, a goatherd who exhibits one of the more representative characteristics of "goatness", namely, lust, but also evokes Zorba in his dancing, his use of the term "boss" to refer to Phil, and other stuff; he's utterly convincing as a Greek native. His name is the obvious link to the Shakespeare character.
At 140 minutes, this does tend to ramble in a number of places. But Cassevetes, Sarandon, and Julia are strong enough actors to carry it and make it shine in more places than it rambles. Cassevetes' real-life wife Gena Rowlands is also here as his movie wife; their marriage breaks up, the impetus for his flight to Greece. Rowlands is also very good, as is Vittorio Gassman as Rowlands' new lover--who, as it turns out, is Phil's boss in New York City before Phil's departure. The director, Paul Mazursky, shows up as a movie producer (big stretch...).
If you don't mind a laid back script that lets the characters talk about a lot of stuff that is not necessarily punchy, then this is the movie for you. It's not bad, but in my opinion, could have been tightened up by at least 20 minutes, more like half an hour. Not bad at all--but not great.