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The Prince of Tides (1991)

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Reviews Counted:18

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Rotten:4

Average Rating:6.6/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 12 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Barbra Streisand's adaptation of Pat Conroy's lyrical, passionate novel concerns romance as it emerges from the ashes of a traumatic childhood. Southerner Tom Wingo is going through a midlife... Barbra Streisand's adaptation of Pat Conroy's lyrical, passionate novel concerns romance as it emerges from the ashes of a traumatic childhood. Southerner Tom Wingo is going through a midlife crisis: He's got no job, a disintegrating marriage, and a drinking problem. But he gets a jolt of reality when he hears that his sister has attempted suicide. Tom instantly heads to New York to meet Susan Lowenstein, his sister's psychiatrist. As Tom provides Susan with information about his sibling and their dysfunctional family, the two become more intimate and soon begin an affair. As the romance blossoms, the repressed Tom and the guarded Susan find they are able to help each other with their respective problems. In particular, Tom is finally able to discuss a devastating incident from his youth. A tearjerker in the best sense of the term, THE PRINCE OF TIDES-- featuring outstanding performances from the Oscar-nominated Nick Nolte and director Streisand--offers a cathartic release and somewhat bittersweet ending that is a truly satisfying cinematic experience. [More]

Starring: Nick Nolte, Barbra Streisand, Kate Nelligan, Melinda Dillon

Starring: Nick Nolte, Barbra Streisand, Kate Nelligan, Melinda Dillon, Jeroen Krabbe, Jason Gould, Blythe Danner

Director: Barbra Streisand

Director: Barbra Streisand

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As director, Streisand shows compassion for Pat Controy's Southern Gothic novel, and the film works better as a study of troubled childhood and male menopause than as romance between psychiatrist (poorly played by Streisand) and Nick Nolte as her patient

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01/29/04
Randy Shulman
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

Pretty good romantic soap...except for Streisand's talons.

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08/27/03
Ken Hanke
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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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06/26/03
Edward Havens
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Nolte's terrific performance isn't enough to save this sappy, painfully phony piece of psychobabble.

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03/23/03
Robert Roten
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Babs and Noltes at their best

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