Question about Tiger Warsaw

[anderbrook]

Hi! So I was wondering if anyone had seen Tiger Warsaw and had an opinion about it? I've read the amazon reviews but only one mentions Mary and it only says she wasn't in the film enough :( Thinking about purchasing it but you guys are so knowledgeable and very helpful I thought someone might have an opinion! Also does anyone know where you can

Comments

[michiruwater]

Yeah, both are available on YT, and IMO neither are worth buying. Mary is actually in TW quite a bit - she's one of the main characters - but the movie is pretty terrible. The plot is not particularly clear, with murky flashbacks and all sorts of inconsistencies, Mary's character is not particularly likeable (no one in the entire film is particularly likeable, IMO)... the acting is good, and that's about all I can say about it. I feel like it wanted to make some grand statement about the importance of family and forgiveness and blahblahblah but it was so murky and unbelievable and filled with really, really unclear, unexplained flashbacks that it was just 2 hours of, "wtf is going on and why is this happening?..." Plus it's the 80s so every outfit Mary wears is like 3 sizes too big for her and terrible. This is a minor point but it really bothered me, lol.

American Clock was this absolutely massive disappointment for me. I mean, Mary, in a play by Arthur Miller, set in the 20s, with David Strathairn and several other really good actors? I had super high expectations. And it was just super poorly edited. Scenes that clearly should have just followed each other were switched all over the place and things would abruptly cut off and there were all these interruptions by old men narrating about their memories in the 20s (older versions of the main characters) that probably worked okay on stage but just made the movie drag. It was very pretty, and Mary is very good in it, but with the poor editing and several very poor direction choices the movie ended up having absolutely no impact (except for one scene at the very ending that is only very good because Mary is in it, IMO). What a waste of a fantastic cast and good set pieces.

[anderbrook]

Thank you so much for your opinion! That's exactly what I was looking for...TW is on amazon for couple dollars so I may just order and see just how bad it is...its part of Mary's collection and I like complete collections. Although, this collection may be more difficult to complete. Anyways, just wanted to say thanks!