Gena Rowlands, Jackie Gayle, Jerry Hardin
Phillip and Antonia are an unhappily married couple in the midst of a mid-life crisis. In a bid to find more meaning out of of life, they return to Phillip's roots in Greece, where they each begin aff...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 27, 2007
Stats: 48 reviews
What a great flick! And one of the most unlikely of Shakespeare's works to get an update - but it worked. Glad it's finally out on DVD.
"Come on, show me the magic"
4/10
Unfortunately for Tempest, it's plot doesn't actually start until more than 80% of the way through the film.
It masquerades as being as cerebral as its namesake, but instead is a jumbled, convoluted, and hackneyed exercise in tedium. T...( read more)
first 3/4 has great moments but is mostly ... boring, but the last ?quarter? is deeply satisfying.
Great cinematography and a very clever sreenplay treatmet! John Cassavetes and Gina Rowland deliver one their careers best performance. Raul Julia adds a spicy tone to the story line.
A defeated marriage, a middle-age crisis and the desire for youth gives you a dark comedy scen...( read more)
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