![]() King Alonso banished Prospera and her 3-year-old daughter, Miranda, but Alonso’s kindly aide, Gonzalo, hid food and water in their boat, along with Prospera’s books containing magical lore. Prospera, the Duchess of Milan, has been betrayed by her brother, Antonio, in cahoots with the King of Naples, Alonso. The movie pretty much follows the original play, but the protagonist, Prospero the magician and alchemist, is turned from a man into a woman, Prospera, played by Helen Mirren. THE TEMPEST is a visually stunning production of Shakespeare’s famous play, adapted by Julie Taymor. (CC, BB, O, V, S, N, AA, M) Strong Christian, moral worldview stresses forgiveness, reconciliation and learning moral lessons, including a reference to Divine Providence, with magic and alchemy used by heroine being compared to witchcraft but heroine renounces the power, tosses her magical staff into the sea and gives up her occult books for the sake of her daughter’s future, with a couple positive references to God but also references to a talking spirit released from a tree, where it was trapped by an evil witch now dead no foul language but comical character makes farting sounds at one point light comical violence, two men draw swords to kill their king while he sleeps but king wakes up in time, storm ravages ship at sea, spirit transforms into large harpy to frighten and chastise three men, and three characters plot to kill protagonist but they are stopped no sex scenes but young lovers kiss and there’s some light flowery innuendo, especially to teenager losing her virginity but mother steps in to prevent it and watch over behavior of daughter and her royal lover, who mother wants to marry her daughter so they can return home, plus comical male character plays with female clothes for laughs and comedy rear male nudity, upper male nudity and androgynous spirit’s groin is shown but nothing explicit is shown there alcohol use and drunkenness no smoking or drugs and, lying, stealing, thoughts about murder, betrayal but mostly rebuked in some way. ![]() There is some nudity and light innuendo, plus some mythical magic, so MOVIEGUIDE® suggests caution for older children. Thus, in the end, THE TEMPEST is one of Shakespeare’s comedies, or pastoral romances, where all’s well that ends well and Christian values gain the victory. This particular production ultimately focuses on the character’s personal relationships, not the least of which is the theme of forgiveness that overtakes the movie’s second half. When Prospera finds her now teenage daughter is attracted to the king’s son, she decides to forgive Alonso while teaching him a lesson that will lead to marriage and allow everyone to return home together. Alonso banished her and her young daughter, Miranda, to the sea, which they survived because of provisions left them by the king’s kindly advisor. In this TEMPEST, Prospera, with help from her magical servant slash spirit, Ariel, shipwrecks the King of Naples, Alonso, on her island. ![]() The movie pretty much follows the play, but the protagonist, Prospero the magician and alchemist, is turned into a woman, Prospera, played by Helen Mirren. ![]() ![]()
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