Review of The Prince of Tides (1991) by Sam M — 30 Aug 2017

I tried to like this movie. Although after I have read Pat Conroy's genius book - it made the movie horrible. If there's anyone who's considering watching this movie, read the BOOK first! I promise, it's 100x's better.

Nick Nolte made this movie though. He played Tom amazingly. He held the anger and paid really deep. Unfortunately, the rest of the cast got shoved aside so Barbara Streisand could have the spotlight.

There are so many stories pertaining to the other cast members that were chopped up in order to fit their over dramatic, glamorized love scenes. Their brother Luke was completely left out in his adult stories! Pat Conroy painted a very raw, and dark depiction of a troubled family in his book.

And, this movie focused on the glam. I had to remind myself that this was supposedly made off of the story that I originally read.