The Tempest (2012)
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67% of critics liked it
(6 reviews) -
47% want to see it
(21 ratings)
- Directed By
- Rob Curry, Anthony Fletcher
- Written By
- William Shakespeare
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama, Special Interest
Critic Reviews
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Killian Fox, Observer [UK]
The film-making is rough and ready - Tempest looks like a student film and often sounds like a promotional video for Ovalhouse - but the cast is sympathetic and it's a pleasure to see them making the play their own.
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Mike McCahill, Guardian [UK]
The kids energise it, but it's a choppy jumble of good intentions and half-realised ideas, too wind-tossed in its structure to function even as a useful teaching aid.
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Rebecca Ellis, Little White Lies
Largely incoherent in its hyperactive attempt to cut edge.
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Jennifer Tate, ViewLondon
An absorbingly raw and insightful docudrama, which brings together 17 young actors to present a 21st century retelling of a heartbreakingly relevant Shakespearean classic ...
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Kevin Harley, Total Film
Choppy cuts muddy the narrative, but the faith in grassroots art's motivational value resonates clearly.
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