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* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Lowenstein enters into a romantic and sexual relationship with Tom. In real life, this would be a ''massive'' breach of professional ethics for a therapist, and Lowenstein could easily lose her license to practice as a result.
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* MatzoFever: Tom and Dr. Lowenstein. And in the book, Savannah and Renata Halpern.
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Tom Wingo (Creator/NickNolte) a teacher and football coach in South Carolina, is called to New York to tend to his twin sister, Savannah (Melinda Dillon), who has attempted suicide. There, he meets with Savannah's counselor, Dr. Susan Lowenstein (Streisand), with whom he recounts Savannah's and his own traumatic childhoods and falls in love.
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Tom Wingo (Creator/NickNolte) a teacher and football coach in South Carolina, is called to New York to tend to his twin sister, Savannah (Melinda Dillon), (Creator/MelindaDillon), who has attempted suicide. There, he meets with Savannah's counselor, Dr. Susan Lowenstein (Streisand), with whom he recounts Savannah's and his own traumatic childhoods and falls in love.
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* SouthernFriedGenius: In the novel Tom is consistently reminding Dr. Lowenstein that he graduated college with honors, with a degree in English, and was an English teacher, dedicated to "teaching Southern children to love the language they were born to butcher." In addition to being well-read, he's also a keen chef and loves classical music.
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* SouthernFriedGenius: In the novel Tom is consistently reminding Dr. Lowenstein that he graduated college with honors, with a degree in English, and was an English teacher, dedicated to "teaching Southern children to love the language they were born to butcher." In addition to being well-read, he's also a keen chef and loves classical music. And then there's Savannah, the famous poet, as well as Sallie, who's a prestigious doctor.
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* StrawFeminist: Dr. Lowenstein has shades of this in the book.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Sally begins an affair because Tom is emotionally distant, and Herbert is implied to be sleeping around as well.
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* BrokenBird: Savannah, after a childhood of abuse from her father [[spoiler: and the rape she experienced with her twin brother and mother]].
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* BrokenBird: Savannah, after a childhood of abuse from her father [[spoiler: and the rape she experienced with her twin brother and mother]]. [[spoiler: In the novel, Dr. Lowenstein is one.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: Any of the pranks the three siblings pulled in their youth (which, sadly, are not in the film). This includes: kidnapping an albino porpoise from the Miami Seaquarium.
* [[SelfMadeMan Self Made Woman]]: Not mentioned in the movie but Sallie, Tom's wife, grew up as the daughter of impoverished mill-workers, worked her way through college on scholarship, and clawed her way up to a position as a prestigious internist.
* [[SelfMadeMan Self Made Woman]]: Not mentioned in the movie but Sallie, Tom's wife, grew up as the daughter of impoverished mill-workers, worked her way through college on scholarship, and clawed her way up to a position as a prestigious internist.
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* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Any time Tom verbally crosses swords with a woman, be it Sallie, Dr. Lowenstein, his mother, or Savannah. At one point, his mother [[LampshadedTrope offers to get him a spot at a comedy club]].
* SouthernFriedGenius: In the novel Tom is consistently reminding Dr. Lowenstein that he graduated college with honors, with a degree in English, and was an English teacher, dedicated to "teaching Southern children to love the language they were born to butcher." In addition to being well-read, he's also a keen chef and loves classical music.
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* SupremeChef: Tom is quite the cook.
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* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Sally's affair with a colleague and Herbert's affair with a fellow musician? Not nearly as sympathetically portrayed as Tom's affair with Dr. Lowenstein.
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* CompressedAdaptation: A necessity; the novel is quite the {{Doorstopper}}.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Tom's stepfather is this. He appears to be a genteel and wealthy SouthernGentleman, but raises a bully and doesn't hesitate to hit Tom and threaten him and his family.
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Film/ThePrinceOfTides is a 1991 Romantic Drama film about a Southern man, [[Creator/NickNolte Tom]] called to New York to tend to his twin sister, Savannah, [[BungledSuicide who has attempted suicide]]. There, he meets with Savannah's [[TheShrink counselor]], [[Creator/BarbraStreisand Dr. Susan Lowenstein]], with whom he recounts Savannah's and his [[AbusiveParents traumatic childhoods]] and falls in love.
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* BungledSuicide: Savannah goes into a coma, but does not successfully kill herself
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Film/ThePrinceOfTides is a 1991 Romantic Drama film about a Southern man, [[Creator/NickNolte Tom]] called to New York to tend to his twin sister, Savannah, [[BungledSuicide who has attempted suicide]]. There, he meets with Savannah's [[TheShrink counselor]], [[Creator/BarbraStreisand Dr. Susan Lowenstein]], with whom he recounts Savannah's and his [[AbusiveParents traumatic childhoods]] and falls in love.
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* AbusiveParents: The Wingo children all suffer from the abuse of their father
* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Dr. Lowenstein's therapy emphasizes childhood trauma and dream interpretation
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Savannah recovers and Tom returns home to his wife, leaving Dr. Lowenstein behind]]
* BungledSuicide: Savannah goes into a coma, but does not successfully kill herself
* DeadpanSnarker: Tom
* DrivenToSuicide: Savannah's latest attempt kickstarts the plot
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Tom remarks that there is nothing sexier than a beautiful woman ordering food in French
* [[spoiler: FirstGirlWins]]
* JewishMother: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Dr. Lowenstein is one of these, which is {{Lampshaded}} by Tom
* PolarOppositeTwins: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Tom is an energetic, snarky football coach and Savannah is a suicidal poet.
* PrecisionFStrike: Dr. Lowenstein gets a good one when she calls out a dinner guest for fucking her husband
* [[spoiler: RapeAsDrama]]: Tom's recovery of his repressed childhood memory of this leads to a mental breakdown
* TheShrink: Dr. Lowenstein
* YourCheatingHeart: Sally begins an affair because Tom is emotionally distant, and Herbert is implied to be sleeping around as well
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!! This film provides examples of:
* AbusiveParents: The Wingo children all suffer from the abuse of their father
* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Dr. Lowenstein's therapy emphasizes childhood trauma and dream interpretation
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Savannah recovers and Tom returns home to his wife, leaving Dr. Lowenstein behind]]
* BungledSuicide: Savannah goes into a coma, but does not successfully kill herself
* DeadpanSnarker: Tom
* DrivenToSuicide: Savannah's latest attempt kickstarts the plot
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Tom remarks that there is nothing sexier than a beautiful woman ordering food in French
* [[spoiler: FirstGirlWins]]
* JewishMother: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Dr. Lowenstein is one of these, which is {{Lampshaded}} by Tom
* PolarOppositeTwins: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. Tom is an energetic, snarky football coach and Savannah is a suicidal poet.
* PrecisionFStrike: Dr. Lowenstein gets a good one when she calls out a dinner guest for fucking her husband
* [[spoiler: RapeAsDrama]]: Tom's recovery of his repressed childhood memory of this leads to a mental breakdown
* TheShrink: Dr. Lowenstein
* YourCheatingHeart: Sally begins an affair because Tom is emotionally distant, and Herbert is implied to be sleeping around as well
