Fresh
The sheer, obstinate oddness of 'Tale of Tales' sends crowd-pleasers like 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Hobbit' scuttling into the shadows.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Tale of Tales
Desire. Envy. Obsession.
2015 · 2h 14m · R
Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Directed by
Matteo Garrone
Overview
The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomonte becomes obsessed with a flea and neglects his daughter.
Director and cast
- Matteo Garrone Director
- Salma Hayek Pinault as Queen of Longtrellis
- Vincent Cassel as King of Strongcliff
- Toby Jones as King of Highhills
- Shirley Henderson as Imma
- Hayley Carmichael as Dora
- Bebe Cave as Violet
- Stacy Martin as Young Dora
- Christian Lees as Elias
- Alba Rohrwacher as Circus Owner
- Jonah Lees Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
82%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Tale of Tales combines the wildly imaginative world of kings, queens and ogres with the kind of lush production values Italian cinema was once famous for.
Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
Taken together, the parables serve primarily to entertain - an effect that has as much to do with Garrone's command of the cinematic language as it does the content itself.
Peter Debruge, Variety
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