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Nick Nolte, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Kate Nelligan, Jeroen Krabbé ... see more see more... , Melinda Dillon , George Carlin , Jason Gould , Brad Sullivan , Maggie Collier , Lindsay Wray , Bradlyn Whitaker , Justen Woods , Bobby Fain , Trey Yearwood , Nancy Moore Atchison , Grayson Fricke , Chris Stacy , John Arceri , Yvonne Brisendine , Marilyn Carter , Milton Clark Jr. , Bonnie Cook , Francis Dumaurier , Rebecca Fleming , Bob Hannah , Warren Kremin , Lee Lively , Norman Max Maxwell , Frederick Neumann , R.D. Oprea , Ann Pierce , Sandy Rowe , Alan Sader , Nick Searcy , Dottie Soracco , Kirk Whalum

Barbra Streisand directed and stars in this love story about two people of dissimilar backgrounds who form a connection based on their unhappy experiences. Adapted from the novel by Pat Conroy, the st... read more read more...ory concerns Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte), a rudderless, unemployed football coach. Stuck in a loveless marriage with a wife (Blythe Danner) who feels nothing for him, and unable to move forward with his life, he is suddenly jarred out of his lethargy when he travels to New York because his twin sister (Melinda Dillon) has just tried to kill herself. In New York, he meets her psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein (Barbra Streisand), who is married to a snobbish husband (Jeroen Krabbe). Susan and Tom become attracted to each other out of their loneliness. As his relationship with Susan blossoms, Tom learns to deal with his mother Lila (Kate Nelligan), who is the sole emotional center of his life. In the past, Lila was married to an abusive alcoholic. When she left her first husband, she married a rich man whose abuse was mental rather than physical. Tom hates Lila, but he can't free himself of his attachment to her. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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R, 2 hr. 6 min.

Directed by: Barbra Streisand

Release Date: December 25, 1991

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Flixster Reviews (488)

  • movieguru12
    July 15, 2009
    movieguru12
    Very good movie. Another Barbra Streisand classic!
  • superclerk25
    December 5, 2007
    superclerk25
    This is a character driven movie with some really messed up characters. The movie is a little slow for my tastes and I really didn't go for the pairing of the two main people.
    There is a flashback scene that is pretty violent and racy that made me a little uncomfortable but it's... read more important to the state of mind that the main character finds himself in so it's not something that you can leave out.
  • Redlats
    August 29, 2007
    Redlats
    Tom (Nick Nolte) moves from Atlanta to New York to help his twin sister (Savannah). Savannah's psychiatrist, Lowenstein (Barbra Streisand.) asks Tom to be his sister's memory. There is good reason that Tom and Savannah cannot remember their childhood.

    Nick Nolte's acting and B... read morearbra Steisand's directing are pretty good in this film.
  • YosemiteSamFan
    August 1, 2007
    YosemiteSamFan
    A powerful character story. It's fun seeing Barbara Streisand as a psychiatrist in a serious romantic drama. Nick Nolte plays a traumatized adult whom she helps. A well made film.
  • dreamfaeries
    August 25, 2006
    dreamfaeries
    It was okay...
  • binky013
    April 6, 2006
    binky013
    I only saw this for the first time recently. I guess I held off because of Barbra Streisand. She's very good, as is Nolte. And Blythe Danner! Another movie you won't want to see if you're already feeling down. However, redemption is right around the corner.
  • fb20312798
    February 21, 2011
    fb20312798
    Performance wise, both Nolte and Striesand are great, but once the great secret that destroyed this family is revealed the film strays into senseless and dull melodrama.
  • mvieaddict
    September 15, 2009
    mvieaddict
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    The Prince of Tides was an amazing movie, filled with emotion and humor.
    Nick Nolte was the heart of the film. A broken man, hiding ... read morehis past and unable to accept the dysfunction of his past life. He traveled to New York to try to help his sister, who wanted to commit suicide. He got help from his sister psychiatrist played by Barbra Streisand. He opened up to her and revealed the secrets within his heart. The emotions that Nick was able to put on screen was amazing to see. He is a damn good actor and this role was not an easy role to play. Barbra Streisand was fantastic as the psychiatrist who had her own secrets.Prince of Tides had everything I want in a movie, simply delicious to watch.
  • alush1
    September 7, 2008
    alush1
    Arrggghh...Hollywood turned this masterpiece of Pat Conroy's into a love story. It is so much more than that,but as far as literature adaptations go, it's not too bad. Conroy also had The Great Santini and The Lords of Discipline adapted to film-these were done quite well.

    Any... read moreway...this FILM is intense,compelling and poignant. It is a story told well on the screen with a stellar performance by Nick Nolte.He takes a very complicated and conflicted character and does Conroy's book justice. It is a story of familial secrets,repression and shame,as well as redemption healing and the journey toward accepting one's own truth.

    I highly recommend the film and watched it again tonight for the 3rd or 4th time. I also highly recommend the book by one of my favorite authors.
  • PinkMinkPrincess
    June 9, 2011
    PinkMinkPrincess
    Great Movie, Great Pairing of Barbara Streisand as the Therapist who falls in Love with her Patient Nick Nolte, his story has some twists that Touch You.This is a Great Film, well Acted

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Critic Reviews

Jonathan Rosenbaum
February 3, 2012
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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. Full Review

Variety Staff
October 18, 2008
Variety Staff, Variety

A deeply moving exploration of the tangled emotions of a dysfunctional Southern family, this lovingly crafted (though unevenly scripted) film of Pat Conroy's novel centers on Nick Nolte's performance ... Full Review

Janet Maslin
August 30, 2004
Janet Maslin, New York Times

The Prince of Tides marks Ms. Streisand's triumphantly good job of locating that story's salient elements and making them come alive on the screen. Full Review

Peter Travers
May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Streisand hyperbolizes everything, from James Newton Howard's whackingly obtrusive score to Nick Nolte's overripe narration. Full Review

Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

An assured and very serious love story that allows neither humor nor romance to get in the way of its deeper and darker subject. Full Review

Rita Kempley
January 1, 2000
Rita Kempley, Washington Post

When her good sense doesn't yield to hubris, Streisand shows the polish of a veteran director in handling this complicated form. Full Review

Desson Thomson
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

A big-hearted performance by Nick Nolte puts The Prince of Tides over the top. Full Review

December 25, 1991
Entertainment Weekly

The Prince of Tides is a big, messy, go-for-the-throat soap opera, the sort of movie in which every third scene feels like one of those soul-spilling climaxes they use for clips on Oscar night. Full Review

February 3, 2012
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Directed with loving care by Barbra Streisand, this adaptation of the best-seller also boasts a serious flaw: Streisand herself. Full Review

Barry McIlheney
February 3, 2012
Barry McIlheney, Empire Magazine

Graced with fine performances and commendably biting off more than it can ever hope to chew, The Prince Of Tides is a rare slice of romantic moviemaking for all those grown-ups feeling ignored since K... Full Review

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