The Tiger's Tail

Weaving in philosophical quandaries of doppelganger definitions of self with taut suspense and scathing social commentary, writer/director John Boorman's latest film dripped with promise. And while this may have been a promise superseded by the film's overambitious reach, The Tiger's Tail... Full review

John Boorman is a mystery to me. He is responsible for great Irish films such as 'The General', fabulous fantasy 'Excalibur', wartime drama 'Hope & Glory' and the masterpiece 'Deliverance'. And then there is this piece of junk....I cannot countenance how... Full review

This is the very first time I have made a comment on a movie. If this superb production had received the excellent reviews that it so richly deserves then I would not have bothered. I can not recall the last... Full review

Hmm.Sadly, "The Tiger's Tail" is rubbish, and a major disappointment, because John Boorman is a great director who has made some great films. You know what I'm talking about. "Point Blank", "Deliverance", "Excalibur", "The General", "The Tailor Of Panama", "Beyond... Full review

I recently saw this at the 2007 Palm Springs International Film Festival for it's North American premiere. Director/writer John Boorman has had a very sporadic directorial career making only 15 feature length films between 1965 and 2006 including this, his... Full review

I was an extra on this movie, in the Awards Dinner scene near the beginning, and I looked forward to the finished product with some trepidation because the dialog seemed quite poor. However, i have been pleasantly surprised. This is... Full review

I have read some of the different opinions here and I concede that some of the points made could be relevant to this film. Most modern films do very little for me (I've been filmgoing since the 1950's) but I... Full review

This new film is very peculiar. PURPORTING to be about the Celtic Tiger and modern Ireland, it is curiously insipid. Despite setting out to be satirical, it falls flat. Hard to pin down exactly why, but probably due to laziness... Full review

The best way to criticise society is through satire.A big-shot businessman (Gleeson) loses his identity to his identical twin.Drab movie that should really have been a lot better. A man has his identity stolen - the story should be either... Full review

I go to Theatre and Cinema to be entertained. This film did it for me. A good story, good acting, well shot scenery... what more do I require? There is no hard and fast way of speaking, if you live... Full review

Released in Britain in 2006, the film now seems prescient in predicting the recent financial meltdown, but mostly it's a trifle, dependent on the burly charm of ginger-haired star Brendan Gleeson, in a novel double role. He lives in a monster home, has a sexy wife, Jane (Kim Cattrall), and a smart Marxist son, Connor (Gleeson's real life son, Briain Gleeson). ... Full Review

The Tiger's Tale is an intelligent The formidable character actor Brendan Gleeson (Mad-Eye Moody to Harry Potter fans) is the tentpole of the film, playing both Liam O'Leary -- an unscrupulous and charismatic land developer, emblematic of the sort who mows down boomtown heritage buildings to put up soulless condos -- and the bitter, coarse, nameless doppelganger he never knew he had. ... Full Review

As a metaphor for a society in the throes of a money-driven identity crisis (the title refers to the country's so-called "Celtic Tiger" boom period) The Tiger's Tail is apt enough, but Boorman makes it difficult to take the underlying meaning seriously. ... Full Review

Fortunately, the film is often engaging thanks solely to Brendan Gleeson. The problem is that the core story is so ludicrously implausible that it can only work as fantasy. ... Full Review

Fortunately, the film is often engaging thanks solely to Brendan Gleeson. The problem is that the core story is so ludicrously implausible that it can only work as fantasy. ... Full Review

The Tiger's Tail will be released on DVD on August 11 and we have to celebrate this new drama starring Brendan Gleeson and Kim Cattrall. ... Full Article

Starring Brendan Gleeson, Kim Cattrall and Briain Gleeson. Written and directed by John Boorman. 107 minutes. At Canada Square. 14A An excellent talent is wasted in a movie that suggests British director John Boorman ( Hope and Glory , Deliverance... ... Full Article

John Boorman's new film, The Tiger's Tail reworks the fable of The Prince and the Pauper into a modern satiric comedy about the dark side of an economic boom, specifically, the Irish economic rise that led to the country being... ... Full Article

Tiger's Tail , like Cassandra's Dream , prominently features a boat that is both symbol of financial attainment and emotional ruin; it also finds a master filmmaker defying the "show, don't tell" principle with almost crippling cynicism. ... Full Article

The 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival has announced a record-setting roster of 254 films, culled from more than 73 countries for the 2007 Festival. ... Full Article

Plot Dublin property developer Liam OLeary (Gleeson) gets the shock of his life when his exact double starts to follow him around. The sinister stranger begins posing as Liam both at home and at work, and Liam must struggle to... ... Full Article