The Prince of Tides (1991)

Release date: 1991-12-25
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Barbra Streisand
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Barwood Films, Longfellow Pictures
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: 6.7/10
Length: 2h 12min

Storyline

The Wingo family is from South Carolina, they growing up in a house on a tidal plain. The oldest offspring, Lucas, largely acted as the protector for his younger twins siblings, Tom and Savannah, in light of their dysfunctional growing up, with their shrimper father, Henry, distant and abusive if/when he did pay them any attention, and their mother, Lila, while not doting on them most concerned about appearances and striving for social standing. Now in middle age, Savannah is a New York based poet, Tom, still living on the South Carolina coast outside of Charleston with his wife Sally and their own three doting daughters, taking a break from his high school teaching/football coaching job, while Lucas has long since died while still standing up for himself and his beliefs. Lila, divorced and now remarried with that wealth and social standing she so long desired, receives news that Savannah is in the hospital following her most recent suicide attempt. Not wanting to face the blame ...

Plot Keywords

new york, based on book, based on novel, child abuse, therapy, southern u.s., psychoanalysis, haunted by the past, new york city, psychiatrist, south carolina, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, title directed by female, male rape, home movie, flashback, family relationships, rape victim, unfaithful wife

Short Review

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.