Overview
A family grapples with buried secrets and emotional turmoil as they confront their past.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- melancholic
- intense
- sincere
- quiet evening
- literary adaptation night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film emotionally powerful and carefully directed, especially praising Nick Nolte's performance, while considering the central romance somewhat overripe or dominant.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Wingo siblings' South Carolina upbringing is marked by abusive parenting, social performance, buried memories, and lasting psychological damage.
Tom's sessions with Susan require him to disclose the Wingo family's history while helping Savannah recover from a suicide attempt.
Tom and Savannah's psychiatrist Susan develop a romance within the context of sessions focused on Savannah's mental health.
The Wingo home on a South Carolina tidal plain and Tom's coastal life provide recurring imagery for family memory and emotional turbulence.
Films like The Prince of Tides, and why
Ordinary People
shared family trauma, emotionally intense romance, and psychologically revealing drama
The Glass Menagerie
shared southern family dysfunction, buried trauma, and literary melodrama
Hannah and Her Sisters
shared adult romance, psychotherapy, and serious emotional conflict
The Bridges of Madison County
shared marriage crisis, repressed pain, and intimate relationship drama
Movie Details
- Director
- Barbra Streisand
- Release Date
- 1991-12-25
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (318)
Cast
- Nick Nolte
- Barbra Streisand
- Blythe Danner
- Kate Nelligan
- Jeroen Krabbé
- Melinda Dillon
- George Carlin
- Jason Gould
- Brad Sullivan
- Maggie Collier
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Prince of Tides about?
- A South Carolina football coach confronts his family's buried trauma while helping his suicidal twin sister and finding unexpected intimacy in New York.
- What is The Prince of Tides like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Prince of Tides as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Prince of Tides violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Prince of Tides as moderate.
- What did critics think of The Prince of Tides?
- Critics broadly found the film emotionally powerful and carefully directed, especially praising Nick Nolte's performance, while considering the central romance somewhat overripe or dominant.
- Which films are like The Prince of Tides?
- Films with a similar feel include Ordinary People, The Glass Menagerie, Hannah and Her Sisters, and The Bridges of Madison County.
- How long is The Prince of Tides?
- The Prince of Tides runs 132 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Prince of Tides?
- In United States, The Prince of Tides streams on Hulu.
