Fred Schepisi directed The Eye of the Storm, an Australian domestic drama, adapted from Patrick White’s 1973 novel of the same name.
The melodrama stars three superlative Geoffrey Rush, Charlotte Rampling and Judy Davis, whose talents are not fully utilized by a rather conventional two-generational text.
In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, a housekeeper and a solicitor attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son and daughter convene at her deathbed.
In dying, as in living, Mrs. Hunter, a strong matriarch, remains a formidable force on those around her.
Mrs Hunter’s authority over living dictates the rules of the household and affects the ways that her mature children vicariously face death and struggle to give meanings to to their lives.
One level above TV movie of the week, The Eye of the Storm is one of Schepisi’s weakest films, lacking any dramatic drive.
Eye of the Storm, The (2011): Schepisi’s Domestic Melodrama, Starring Charlotte Rampling and Judy Davis
Fred Schepisi directed The Eye of the Storm, an Australian domestic drama, adapted from Patrick White’s 1973 novel of the same name.
The melodrama stars three superlative Geoffrey Rush, Charlotte Rampling and Judy Davis, whose talents are not fully utilized by a rather conventional two-generational text.
In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, a housekeeper and a solicitor attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son and daughter convene at her deathbed.
In dying, as in living, Mrs. Hunter, a strong matriarch, remains a formidable force on those around her.
Mrs Hunter’s authority over living dictates the rules of the household and affects the ways that her mature children vicariously face death and struggle to give meanings to to their lives.
One level above TV movie of the week, The Eye of the Storm is one of Schepisi’s weakest films, lacking any dramatic drive.