Mjeteconer Just perfect...

FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

HotToastyRag If you've been keeping up with my reviews, you'll know I hardly ever review horror or disaster flicks. Since I have such a soft spot in my heart for Mia Farrow, I've sat through both rather scary genres. While I've conveniently forgotten all the spooky parts of Rosemary's Baby, Hurricane will stay with me the rest of my life.In the film, Mia Farrow visits a tropical island Alava—the movie was made on location in Bora Bora—to reunite with her strict, unyielding, and cold father. Jason Robards plays the dad, and it's not hard at all to see him as mean-spirited and unlikable. Mia isn't happy about Jason's treatment of the native islanders, and when she falls in love with Dayton Ka'ne, a servant, Papa Bear isn't happy.Obviously, as given away by the title, a hurricane strikes the island. The special effects are incredible. If you're an East Coaster and have lived through hurricane season, you might not be as petrified by this film, but I'm a Californian, and this film scared the pants off of me. It's absolutely terrifying, especially because the buildup to the disaster is such an innocent, sweet love story.Next to the special effects, Nino Rote's beautiful score is the most famous part of the movie. It's romantic, tragic, and totally perfect for the film. If you like disaster movies and want to hear some beautiful music, go ahead and rent this one. But if you're afraid of water like I am, just listen to soundtrack.

Michael_Elliott Hurricane (1979) * (out of 4) This Dino De Laurentiis remake of John Ford's 1937 classic will always be remembered for two things. One is that the $22-million budget, which ended up losing money. The second thing is that this was the movie Roman Polanski was suppose to be making before fleeing the United States. After seeing this film I'm starting to believe that perhaps Polanski was fleeing having to make this wretched thing. A white woman (Mia Farrow) goes to the island of Samoa to stay with her Naval officer father (Jason Robards). Once on the island the white woman breaks a taboo and begins a relationship with a native (Dayton Ka'ne) who has already been promised to another woman. Soon we have double crossed love, a court trial and then a large hurricane that rips through. HURRICANE is a disaster movie in the purest sense because it really is a complete disaster from the opening frames to the closing credits. There's not a single thing that goes right with this thing and I guess it would be easy to throw some blame towards Polanski since his departure pretty much threw the production into the air where they had to bring in another director very quickly. It's clear that director Troell can't handled anything here and I can't say I blame him because the screenplay is also quite horrid. They have Farrow and Ka'ne running around like a couple teenage virgins and their "romance" scenes together are so laughable that you can't help but think of THE BLUE LAGOON and consider that movie a masterpiece in comparison. Another problem is that the entire taboo subject matter just isn't all that taboo and you can't help but feel they're making a lot out of nothing. I'm sure the racial, political and religious tensions could have made for an interesting movie but the film never really looks at any of it. The performances by the all-star cast are just another reminder that actors signed onto pictures like this to cash a paycheck. Robards sleepwalks through the entire film and I'm curious if he even remembered doing it. Farrow gives one of the worst performances I've seen from her as she hasn't an inch of energy and really brings the film to a halt. Trevor Howard, James Keach, Timothy Bottoms and Max von Sydow aren't any better. The film is a remake of the Ford film but they share very little in common outside the setting, a few other plot points and of course the hurricane. I think it's important to show this picture and the original together whenever people say old movies can't hold up with current technology. Just show people the hurricane sequence from both versions and I think people will see that the original holds up incredibly well and still looks effective while the stuff here is decent but you will be wondering where all the money went.

philwissbeck I don' understand why most words written about this film have been negative. Just because it is a remake of a film people think is a classic? This version of Hurricane with Jason Robards and Mia Farrow is a very competantly told story with good special effects. I was involved. I was moved from beginning to end. I felt that the characters were a little more credible than in the John Ford film. A very good film but not a popular one. I had to tape it at 3AM.

runbojo I don't suggest everyone to see this movie. Then again did everyone like the Romeo and Juliet movie? All love stories are not everyone's cup of tea. Let's not tell all not to view this island love story. For just a short moment the forbidden love between an islander and a howly(that is a person from the main island of the United States) makes love possible. To dream is to love so let us love because there is so much hate in this world that we should dream. It's good for our spirit.