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Summary: Barbra Streisand and Nick Nolte are GREAT!
Review: This movie is for any Streisand fan to watch. The casting of Barbra as a New York psychiatrist is excellent as Nolte as a football coach who comes to New York to help is sister who tried to commit suicide. Tom played by Nick Nolte falls in love with Barbra's character Dr. Lowenstein, both are married but not happily. I'll save the ending for the movie. The music, the acting including Barbra's son Jason Gould is high caliber. I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes a well done movie, this is one heck of a movie.
Barbra you did it again!!
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Summary: perfect movie, less than perfect adaptation
Review: This movie is one of Barbra Streisand's best, plotwise, direction wise, and most importantly acting wise. Her and Nick Nolte's acting is great, making this a very lovely movie in every single way. Except adaptation-wise.
I do respect the fact that if the book were to be totally copied it would have been endless, but still, there are many points in plot and dialogue that are a lot stronger than that of the movie
Still this movie is wonderfull, and even though it does not give the book its total value, it is one to see.
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Summary: The Feeling Movie
Review: This movie tops my list - next to it's a wonderful life. Not at all similar, but a great movie. Should be a classic. Babs is great and Nolte has never looked better - very emotional. Can't wait for this to come out on dvd. Also, buy the soundtrack for some mellow time.
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Summary: The Prince of Tides - Stolen Oscar
Review: This movie was wonderfully directed and the acting of all characters was tremendous. All persons nominated for an Oscar were robbed, especially Nick Nolte. It's disappointing to see the Academy rob the actors, particular Nick Notle and Kate Nelligan, of well deserved recognition because of their animosity towards Barbra Streisand, who by the way does a great directing job. The cinematography was also very well done. After seeing the movie, I read the book. The book was brilliantly written. I have since read more Pat Conroy books. However, the book was very detailed and it would have been impossible to include all aspects of the book in the movie. Streisand did the best possible job of putting the novel into a 2+ hours of a movie. Keep in mind that Pat Conroy wrote the screen play for the movie and worked with Barbra Streisand during the making. It is part of my movie & book library.
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Summary: This movie made me want to commit suicide
Review: This was one of the worst films I have ever seen. I watched it because my girlfriend made me. This was depressing and boring. I guess the message of this movie is if your sister tries to commit suicide and you come from a screwed up family, have sex with your sister's unattractive shrink and you will open up and live happily ever after! This is definitely a movie for the Oprah crowd or Doctor Phil fans. If you are a regular red-blodded American heterosexual you will despise this inane nonsense. The acting is terrible. This movie perpetuates the worst stereotypes of southerners as well as New Yorkers. As far as Nick Nolte, all he does is grunt and make bad self-deprecating jokes the whole movie. Why would any woman be attracted to this loser? Avoid this movie!!!!
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Summary: GOOD EFFORT
Review: Though Barbra Streisand kind of gets in the way of her own movie, The Prince of Tides does have some expertly compelling sequences, most chillingly the flashbacks that seriously do justice to Pat Conroy's epic novel. Dealing most significantly with the inner child, and the revelations that can free us, the book and the film successfully engage you with a rich sense of time and place. The characters who populate the film sometimes seem from two different worlds, but I think that is part of the point. Kate Nelligan and Jason Gould will surprise you with unusually good performances, and of course, Nick Nolte does some of his best acting ever in this film -- the role suits him; even its grander touches seem so - so - Tom. The score, by James Newton Howard, swirls symphonically around the action of this movie, and is achingly beautiful.
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Summary: Streisand takes away from an otherwise classic
Review: Unfortunately, Barbra Streisand got a hold of an absolutely classic Pat Conroy novel and sensationalized her role to position herself for an oscar. While the main storyline is intact, so much of the novel is missing from the film that the viewer is truly cheated. I am not a fan of Babs, but I will give her credit for an excellent acting and production job. It's sad, however, that it had to come at the expense of this momentous story. There is no one that could have been casted for the part of Tom other than Nick Nolte. He is fabulous and portrays the role of the 'southern male' as well as anyone could. Anyone with a heart for the South should read the book, and then see the film, if it comes on cable.
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Summary: There's some things you never get over.
Review: Up until this film I did not have a very positive view of Barbara Streisand's acting ability. Despite my tendency to hold on to my opinions past their time, I have changed my mind in a dramatic way. This film undeniably proves that Streisand is a very talented actress. Nolte on the other hand has always had great potential, even if it hasn't been realized in every film he appeared in. No need to worry, in "The Prince of Tides" he is tremendous.
This wonderful drama contains elements of horror and suspense but its strength comes from the romance that blossoms between the psychiatrist Susan Lowenstein, (Streisand), and the failing football coach, Tom Wingo, (Nolte). These two have a chemistry which draws them together against their will and sucks the audience along for the ride. Additional complexity, derived from the fact that they are both married, also enriches the experience.
Because the story is ostensibly about the struggles Tom goes through as a result of his Sister's latest suicide attempt, the film often travels back in time. Lowenstein needs Tom to fill in the blanks about his sister's life so that she can be better treated. Unfortunately Tom is almost as reluctant to recall his childhood events as his comatose sister. This is not at all surprising when we eventually discover all the details.
We slowly learn, along with Lowenstein, about a severe and traumatic family history. Three children, of whom Tom is one, are spiritually imprisoned by an abusive father and a manipulative, ambitious mother. Their only comfort is in each other, which is expressed perfectly whenever their parents fight, by their escape underwater where they hold hands in a ring of love. In the present though, even this bond has been sundered. Tom's older brother is now dead and his sister has lived away from him in New York for many years.
There are many sub-plots running through the story. Tom's inability to deal with his wife, Susan's problems with her son Bernard and her famous violinist husband, Tom and his Sister's repressed memories and his mother's attempts to keep it all hidden. Overall it is undeniably a rich and compelling film. It serves as an example of how good drama can be.
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Summary: Prince of Tides
Review: Who ever watched the move "Prince of Tides" should now know how damaging childhood abuse is; how much mental damage the silence can do and; how abuse influences the lives of the abused. The ones who lived through childhood abuse felt the pain while watching and know how the silent fear grinds away the worth of life itself. To get out of such numbing self-denial victims must talk and live the shame and guilt with the once who caused it. My compliments to Barbara Steisand for her courage to direct such a sensitive subject with indescribable excellence. My deepest respect to Nick Nolte for playing this very intense roll with brilliance. A new book entitled "Haunting Shadows from the Past" By Sieglinde W. Alexander, will be released on Oct. 1. 2000. This book describes in many details the devastating effect of child abuse in our lives.
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Summary: Greatest Movie Of All Time
Review: With one word.....superb! This is, without a doubt, the greatest motion picture I have ever seen! Pat Conroy, the books author is a genius in his telling of the southern tale of Tom Wingo, and his New York City romance with psychiatrist Susan Lowenstien. Nick Nolte is by far, the best actor to come out of Hollywood in decades. This man could have played Rhett Butler. Maybe it's because of my love for my native South Carolina, and the romance I see in New York City, that attracts me to this movie, which I have watched close to a dozen times. Barbra Striesand is excellant as Susan Lowenstien, and her son (by Elliot Gould), who plays Bernard does a great job as well. I enjoy just about every aspect of this film, the intro, the flashbacks, the south in the summer, all of it! Though the South Carolina scenes were filmed in the coastal town of Beaufort, according to Conroy's book Tom & Sally actually reside on Sullivan's Island, just outside of Charleston. This area is the most gracious and beautiful on the planet. Maybe it's because I come from South Carolina. Favorite Scene: The Shrimp Boat shown after Tom and his children go shrimping with Tom's father, Henry. Note: The movie could sure have bettered itself by cutting down on the overuse of language, in my opinion. GOD BLESS ! Kris Butts
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