The Tiger's Tail
While Liam appears to have it all: a big house; a trophy wife (Kim Cattrall); a thinking if rebellious teenage son (Gleeson); a flashy real estate development company; and even the cover of a newsmagazine. The magazine, however, catches the attention of his sinister double, whose face suddenly appears through Liam's rain-streaked car window while he's caught in a traffic jam. No one will believe Liam when he insists he has a double, but before long, this doppelganger lures him out of town and takes over his life. [Source: Variety]
- Director:
- John Boorman ('Excalibur', 'Deliverance', 'The Tailor of Panama', 'The General')
- Writer:
- John Boorman
- Cast:
- Brendan GleesonKim CattrallCiarán HindsSinéad CusackSean McGinleyBriain Gleeson
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressA top-form Brendan Gleeson returns to John Boorman's lopsided modern world in "The Tiger's Tail," arguably the director's most appealing entry since "The General." Playing dual roles as a rich Irish businessman riding the economic boom and his down-and-out twin, Gleeson animates Boorman's amusing Prince and the Pauper screenplay, which sports a dark social underbelly that puts Ireland's rich-poor divide centerstage.
The Guardian
pressA flawed movie that works better as a fable than as a direct reflection of reality.
New Zealand Herald
pressMessy identity-theft thriller is little more than a technically dodgy soap.
BBC
pressNine years on from their memorable crime biopic The General, veteran director John Boorman and burly star Brendan Gleeson reunite to considerably less striking effect in muddled satire The Tiger's Tail.
Variety
pressA top-form Brendan Gleeson returns to John Boorman's lopsided modern world in "The Tiger's Tail," arguably the director's most appealing entry since "The General." Playing dual roles as a rich Irish businessman riding the economic boom and his down-and-out twin, Gleeson animates Boorman's amusing Prince and the Pauper screenplay, which sports a dark social underbelly that puts Ireland's rich-poor divide centerstage.
The Guardian
pressA flawed movie that works better as a fable than as a direct reflection of reality.
New Zealand Herald
pressMessy identity-theft thriller is little more than a technically dodgy soap.
BBC
pressNine years on from their memorable crime biopic The General, veteran director John Boorman and burly star Brendan Gleeson reunite to considerably less striking effect in muddled satire The Tiger's Tail.
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