Directed by:
Fred SchepisiScreenplay:
Judy MorrisCinematography:
Ian BakerComposer:
Paul GrabowskyCast:
Geoffrey Rush, Dustin Clare, Charlotte Rampling, Judy Davis, Colin Friels, Robyn Nevin, Heather Mitchell, Bille Brown, Jamie Timony, Helen Morse, Simon Stone (more)Plots(1)
Based on the novel by Nobel Prize winner Patrick White, The Eye of the Storm is a savage exploration of family relationships and the sharp undercurrents of love and hate, comedy and tragedy, which define them. When Elizabeth Hunter (Charlotte Rampling) has a stroke, her son and daughter (Geoffrey Rush and Judy Davis) fly across the world to be at her bedside sparking the family's old frictions and resentments. They struggle to come to terms with who they are, what they mean to each other and finally, how they can best survive to find peace in their lives - their own, eye of the storm. (Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment)
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I think the main problem of this film is the fact that it revolves around a pretty annoying aristocrat and her children, who look for problems in places where ordinary people wave it off, move it to the subconscious and start dealing with something more important. Or… in a better case… end up at a pub where they get rid of their problems for good. So, there’s nothing left but to focus on the acting performances, which are the only thing that is interesting. But that’s pretty much all that this movie has to offer.
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