Review of Prospero's Books (1991) by Beverly N — 22 Sep 2007

Make sure your sound system is working first. Best blend of music and pageantry.

This review of Prospero's Books (1991) was written by Beverly N on 22 Sep 2007.

Prospero's Books has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Prospero's Books

Review of Prospero's Books (1991)

By Paul F (655) on 31 Oct 2007

It's like.... somebody's spreading your butt for eternity…

Read Review

Review of Prospero's Books (1991)

By Jaime G (251) on 12 Mar 2011

An amazing representation of a Shakespeare work of art…

Read Review

Review of Prospero's Books (1991)

By Fredrik S (130) on 09 Sep 2012

I took a friend to this movie, he was falling asleep while I was enjoying it, I still feel guilty for him and decided that I would watch Greenaway's…

Read Review

Review of Prospero's Books (1991)

By Jared W (122) on 26 Jun 2008

drawings of a naked man and a naked woman. Everything else is conjecture…

Read Review

Review of Prospero's Books (1991)

By Nalle M (4) on 09 Apr 2008

You don't need to understand it - just watch it…

Read Review

Review of Prospero's Books (1991)

By Brian N (300) on 18 Jan 2008

I can't really say more than My Favorite film all time. I would go on for hours if I could…

Read Review

Review of Prospero's Books (1991)

By Cecilia S (21) on 17 Sep 2007

This one I saw along time ago but It still is one of the best ones I've seen…

Read Review

Review of Prospero's Books (1991)

By Gary K (271) on 11 Aug 2008

One of the most engaging interpretations of Shakespeare ever put to film…

Read Review

Review of Prospero's Books (1991)

By Sanford R (845) on 09 Jul 2009

It's like watching the most stunning multimedia event ever created, and based on a Shakespeare play I'm not particularly fond of…

Read Review

Review of Prospero's Books (1991)

By Luis G (526) on 05 Dec 2007

The last Greenaway I remember seeing; certainly one of his best…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Fear X (2003)

By Vince D (36) on 10 Feb 2012

Can't believe this is from the same director as Drive & Bronson. An experiment that didn't pan out, perhaps…

Read Review

Review of Death Takes a Holiday (1934)

By Alexander Z (607) on 09 Nov 2010

Another reviewer wrote that this movie is the definition of stilted. I was thinking the exact same thing when I watched it…

Read Review

Review of Same Time, Next Year (1978)

By Charles B (418) on 12 Jun 2013

A man and a woman meet every year to carry on a multi-decade affair…

Read Review

Review of Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)

By Cool C (7) on 14 Jan 2016

Summary: Night on the Galactic Railroad is a very dull ride, but it is still extraordinarily dark and has a lot of heart…

Read Review

Review of Red Dust (1932)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 14 May 1992

Familiar plot stuff, but done so expertly it almost overcomes the basic script shortcomings and the familiar hot-love-in-the-isolated-tropics…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Logan

2017

82%1,785 Reviews

Nope

2022

68%181 Reviews

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Prospero's Books

1991

72%75 Reviews

Hello I Must Be Going

2012

62%78 Reviews

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

2000

78%113 Reviews

Lost and Delirious

2001

68%404 Reviews

After Hours

1985

81%638 Reviews

Mascots

2016

51%81 Reviews

Cocoon

1985

67%551 Reviews

Treed Murray

2001

73%36 Reviews

Snow Angels

2007

68%594 Reviews

Blacula

1972

51%155 Reviews