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A magician's spell, the innocence of young love and a dream of revenge unite to create a tempest.
A magician's spell, the innocence of young love and a dream of reveng...
Drama, Fantasy - 1991
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An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.
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Details

Runtime:
126 min
Release date:
30 Aug 1991
Country:
JP, GB, FR, NL, IT
Languages:
English
Budget:
$1,725,000
Revenue:
$1,750,301
Awards:
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award3 wins & 4 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
The product of a feverish, overflowing imagination, this almost impossibly dense take on The Tempest displays both the director's audacious brilliance and lewd extravagance at full tilt.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
3 Jul 2008
rotten:
Gone is any sense of drama or character; the cluttered spectacle yields no overriding design but simply disconnected MTV-like conceits or mini-ideas every three seconds.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
3 Jul 2008
fresh:
To some degree, the relentless proliferation of ideas smothers the dramatic highs and lows, but this is a minor quibble compared to the sheer ambition and audacity of the overall conception.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
Greenaway is not a frivolous film maker. He doesn't shoot a lot of material with the expectation of stumbling upon a found object within. His films are planned from the first frame to the last.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Greenaway bombards you with images, with no regard for the average attention span. Is he a genius or a fake? Debating that question is almost as stimulating as watching a Greenaway film.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2001
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