The Prince of Tides (1991)
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 30
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 8
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Average Rating: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 2
No consensus yet.
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Barbra Streisand directed and stars in this love story about two people of dissimilar backgrounds who form a connection based on their unhappy experiences. Adapted from the novel by Pat Conroy, the story concerns Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte), a rudderless, unemployed football coach. Stuck in a loveless marriage with a wife (Blythe Danner) who feels nothing for him, and unable to move forward with his life, he is suddenly jarred out of his lethargy when he travels to New York because his twin sister
Dec 25, 1991 Wide
Nov 6, 2001
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Nick Nolte
Tom Wingo -
Barbra Streisand
Dr. Susan Lowenstein -
Blythe Danner
Sallie Wingo -
Kate Nelligan
Lila Wingo Newbury -
Jeroen Krabbé
Herbert Woodruff -
Melinda Dillon
Savannah Wingo -
George Carlin
Eddie Detreville -
Jason Gould
Bernard Woodruff -
Brad Sullivan
Henry Wingo -
Maggie Collier
Lucy Wingo -
Lindsay Wray
Jennifer Wingo -
Bradlyn Whitaker
Chandler Wingo -
Justen Woods
Tom Wingo-Age 6 -
Bobby Fain
Tom Wingo-Age 10 -
Trey Yearwood
Tom Wingo-Age 13 -
Nancy Moore Atchison
Savannah Wingo--Age 10 -
Grayson Fricke
Luke Wingo--Age 9 -
Chris Stacy
Luke Wingo-Age 16 -
John Arceri
Vendor -
Yvonne Brisendine
Christine Kingsley -
Marilyn Carter
Anna Richardson -
Milton Clark Jr.
Doctor -
Bonnie Cook
Nurse #1 -
Francis Dumaurier
Waiter -
Rebecca Fleming
Megan Daniels -
Bob Hannah
Reese Newbury -
Warren Kremin
Fisherman -
Lee Lively
Ed Rosenberg -
Norman Max Maxwell
1st Rapist -
Frederick Neumann
Madison Kingsley -
R.D. Oprea
2nd Rapist -
Ann Pierce
Riva Rosenberg -
Sandy Rowe
Monique -
Alan Sader
Spencer Richardson -
Nick Searcy
Man at Party -
Dottie Soracco
Nurse #2 -
Kirk Whalum
Saxophonist
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All Critics (30) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (8) | DVD (5)
The results may seem overripe and dated in spots, but she coaxes a fine performance out of Nolte, and the other actors (herself included) acquit themselves honorably.
A deeply moving exploration of the tangled emotions of a dysfunctional Southern family, this lovingly crafted (though unevenly scripted) film of Pat Conroy's novel centers on Nick Nolte's performance of a lifetime.
They do make 'em like it any more.
Top CriticThe Prince of Tides marks Ms. Streisand's triumphantly good job of locating that story's salient elements and making them come alive on the screen.
Streisand hyperbolizes everything, from James Newton Howard's whackingly obtrusive score to Nick Nolte's overripe narration.
An assured and very serious love story that allows neither humor nor romance to get in the way of its deeper and darker subject.
Directed with loving care by Barbra Streisand, this adaptation of the best-seller also boasts a serious flaw: Streisand herself.
Graced with fine performances and commendably biting off more than it can ever hope to chew, The Prince Of Tides is a rare slice of romantic moviemaking for all those grown-ups feeling ignored since Kramer Vs. Kramer last rattled their value systems.
Self-indulgent, soap opera nonsense.
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
Pretty good romantic soap...except for Streisand's talons.
Nolte's terrific performance isn't enough to save this sappy, painfully phony piece of psychobabble.
The musical score of the film is somewhat overbearing, but most other production values, such as editing, script-writing and direction are above average.
Audience Reviews for The Prince of Tides
Super Reviewer
There is a flashback scene that is pretty violent and racy that made me a little uncomfortable but it's important to the state of mind that the main character finds himself in so it's not something that you can leave out.
Super Reviewer
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- Herbert Woodruff: Darling, where's your sense of humor?
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- Tom Wingo: Yoohoo Herbert! Southern boy got holda ya fiddle!
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- Dr. Susan Lowenstein: I gotta find me a nice Jewish boy. You guys are killin' me.
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