Hurricane

In view of the disaster-movie cycle of the 1970s, somebody got the bright idea of remaking the John Ford classic THE HURRICANE (1937) – lavishing on it a considerable budget, a handful of stars, and the best that special effects wizardry... Full review

Although this is a remake of the famous and far superior John Ford masterpiece, HURRICANE manages to be one of MIA FARROW's least impressive jobs as an actress--not entirely her fault since the script, based this time on the Nordhoff-Hall novel,... Full review

Have you heard the old LP or CD score for this film? It is one of the most exquisite suites of film music ever created. Memorable and infinitely playable at home. Friends say: "what is that lovely music?" and you say:... Full review

HURRICANE is not a great film, but it sure IS entertaining. Some of the scenes and situations are ludicrous (Jason Robards has the hots for his daughter, Mia Farrow) and the dialogue is often hilarious. But if you stick around, you'll... Full review

Jan Troell's remake of the '30s classic stars Mia Farrow as the daughter of the governor of Pago Pago who falls in love with one of the natives, much to the displeasure of father Jason Robards. Tensions erupt into violence as... Full review

1979 was a bad year for the disaster genre. There was the dreary City on Fire; the unnecessary Beyond the Poseidon Adventure; the risible Meteor; and the unbearably dull Hurricane. All disaster movies have essentially the same plot framework - that... Full review

I've at last seen this 'disaster' of a film, and it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. I made it through the film quite easily, and I never found myself wanting to not watch the end of it. I actually... Full review

One of the worst movies ever made. It's a remake of a 1937 disaster epic, which I haven't seen, and it's so impossibly dull, so lifeless and enervated that my guess is, if you ever start watching it, you won't finish... Full review

If there was any kind of explanation or motivation for their actions, it was lost in the editing muddle of this two-hour snooze, and without that central, core understanding - why the lovers are together - the film fails to convince. Hurricane was one of those movies that seemed to generate a tremendous amount of (bad) press during its filming, but which disappeared without a trace once it hit the theatres; audiences couldn't have cared less about Dino De Laurentiis' latest big-budgeted remake of a Hollywo ... Full Review

Roger Ebert / Q. Whatever happened to the epic movie "Hurricane" that was supposed to be produced by Dino De Laurentiis? (O. Wallace, Chicago) A. ... Full Article

This film showed up on TV as Forbidden Paradise, but you can't fool us. It's really The Hurricane, producer Dino De Laurentiis' ill-advised remake of the 1938 Sam Goldwyn production of the same name. ... Full Article