Review of The Tempest (2010) by J.r. Jones for Chicago Reader — 16 Dec 2010
For a filmmaker like Julie Taymor, Shakespeare's language isn't nearly as enticing as Prospero's violent manipulation of the elements, and this screen adaptation of the play-like her egregious Beatles movie "Across the Universe" (2007)-is primarily an exercise in eccentric (and, I would argue, empty) spectacle.
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This review of The Tempest (2010) was written by J.r. Jones and published by Chicago Reader on 16 Dec 2010.
The Tempest has generally received mixed reviews.
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