2010 · drama · fantasy · comedy
The Tempest
Directed by Julie Taymor1h 51m2010
An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. Prospera (a female version of Shakespeare's Prospero) is the usurped ruler of Milan who has been banished to a mysterious island with her daughter. Using her magical powers, she draws her enemies to the island to exact her revenge.
Our read: The Tempest (2010) reads as a neutral, measured, surreal drama · fantasy · comedy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, measured drama / fantasy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- measured
- surreal
- twisty
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