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The Tempest

2010

Julie Taymor

Helen Mirren, Djimon Hounsou, Chris Cooper, David Strathairn ...

4.4

295

Fantasy. Drama. Romance In her big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare's mystical thriller "The Tempest," Academy Award(R)-nominated Julie Taymor ("Across the Universe," "Frida," "Titus") brings an original dynamic to the story by changing the gender of the sorcerer Prospero into the sorceress Prospera, portrayed by Oscar(R) winner Helen Mirren ("The Queen"). Prospera's journey spirals through vengeance to forgiveness as she reigns over a magical island, cares ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Mirren keeps the film on track (...) Despite a superb lead performance, and unaided by thunderclaps and incarnations, 'The Tempest' is drizzly and drab (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU
United Kingdom	David Hughes Empire	"Taymor’s winningly cast, imaginative take on Shakespeare passes the test of bringing the Bard to film. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS

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