Cleveronix
A different way of telling a story
Livestonth
I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
Nicole
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
sol
(Some Spoilers) It's when the workaholic mom and paralegal Emma Burke, Virgina Medsen, got the sad news that her former nanny and surrogate mother Lily, Itsiao ling Tang, had passed away from ovarian cancer her life made a sudden U-turn. Receiving Lily's ashes with the instructions to have them scattered in her native island of Kauai Emma dropped everything, her job her family and her weekly workouts at the local gym, and took the first flight out of Boston's Logan Airport on a 12,000 mile trip to the island to fulfill Lily's wishes.Arriving at Kauai Emma meets local beach bum scuba diver and flower farmer the tall handsome and strapping Kala, Jason Momoa, who just happens to be Lily's sister Kehau's, Kieu Chinh, nephew to show her around the island and meet the family. It's through both Kala, whom Emma falls in love with, and Kehau that Emma gets to meet the Brooklynese sounding native born Julia, Lanie Kazan, who does all the legal and paper work for them. It soon becomes apparent that the very unsociable Jula has a story to tell Emma but she's isn't quite opening up to her. It's Kehau who breaks the ice by giving Emma the lowdown to who exactly Julia is and what she means to her! Which blows the shocked down to her socks Emma's mind! There's also the fact that the farmland that Kehau owns where she both grows and sells her flowers is about to be bought up by a group of greedy land developers! It's now up to Emma to find a loopholed in the local law that would prevent them from buying up the land and turning it into a housing development: Which would be someone being buried on the land which would have it declared by the local courts as secret ground that can't be tampered with in that it would disturb the dead! This problem would have been easily solved if Lily instead of having herself cremated after death would have opted to have herself buried there instead!Meanwile back in Boston things are getting out of hand in the Burke family household with Poppa Mike, Andrew McFarland, having his hands full with his free spirited 15 year old daughter Jamie, Brook Harmon, hanging out all day and night with her boyfriend and not doing her homework. As for Jamie's kid brother Neil Burke, played by James Dean?, he's confused in what he wants to be when he grows up, a doctor a lawyer an Indian chief, and needs Emma's guidance to set him straight on course before he ends up living in fantasy land forever!***SPOILERS**** It's in the end that Emma finds the real reason for Lily having her travel to Kauai and to scatter her ashes there. It was something that Lily wanted to tell Emma all her life but didn't quite have the nerve to do it. It was also to unite Emma with her true and biological mother whom she was told was dead all these years. And thus make up for all the time she missed out in not being with her! During a tropical downpour with Emma Neil Jamie and the what looks like the barley 25 year old Kala's 15 year old son Billy(Michael Wilder), who ended up slipping off a boulder and cracking his skull, hiding in a cave to escape from the rain it's discovered that somebody back before recorded history, an Hawaiian cave man?,is buried there! Thus saving Kala & Keau's flower farm in that it made the land, according to ancient Kauai laws and customs, exempted from being tampered with: Like building a housing development on it!P.S Touching final scene with Rev.Stewart played by Garry Day, who's a dead ringer for the late great professional wrestler Captain Lou Albano, giving the eulogy for Lily, who in death brought everyone in the film together, as her ashes were scattered into the sea to the music of the Hawaiian version of "Somewhere over the Rainbow".
mizmekia
I've seen the movie and I absolutely loved it. The chemistry between Jason and Virginia was amazing. The friction between Lainie and Virginia was intense and interesting. The writing was very well done and the setting was unbelievably beautiful. I can honestly say that would've been an extremely hard choice to make,especially with Jason Momoa being my alternative. Don't get me wrong,I'm all for the sanctity of marriage, but to escape an unfulfilled life with a disrespectful, brat of a daughter and end up in paradise with the hottest Hawaiian on the island. That might make a woman stop and reconsider her options. I think this is one of lifetime's greatest movies yet.
Phyllis Lovell
I hated this movie! Don't know why I even finished watching it. Oh, yeah, I remember...Jason Momoa was nice to look at.It moved slowly. Stupid story. Bad acting. Way too sappy. I didn't feel any compassion or connection to any of the characters except maybe Kala (Jason Momoa). A dumb too-easy ending.I had a big prob with the age discrepancy. Momoa & Madsen are actually 24 & 40. However, Momoa's character Kala has a 15 yo son who lives with his ex-wife! I think that would be biologically impossible. Ok, he actually looks older than 24 and his character behaved more maturely than Emma (Madsen). The character he played must have been much older than the actor really is, but IMHO not much older than 30. That would mean he had his son at 15. Ok, that's biologically possible, but married, too, at that age?
This movie was suppose to be about a married woman being tempted by a younger man. Jason Momoa is very sexy and sensual. Who wouldn't be tempted? So where were the hot, steamy love scenes??? There was some kissing, but I never felt any heat between them. Besides Jason Momoa, the only other thing good about this movie was the beautiful Hawaiian location.I rate it 2 out of 10.
sweetmandalee
Ok, so I saw Tempted about 2-3 weeks ago. My critique, the title expains it all. Emma (Madsen) is a workaholic mommy, who "doesn't connect" with her husband anymore, has to deal with her typically bad-attitude-child, and no time to deal with it, and worrying about her einstien youngin cuz, nothing else is wrong with him but,gosh darnit, he doesnt have any friends! Well, just when just when you couldn't feel any sorrier for poor-working hard-typical AMerican-dont know how do deal with my life and all the insignifixant crap that surrounds me- mommy, guess what?? Her guardian that raised her as a child DIES! And as she is just beginning to feel like crap for not taking time out of her day to call her every now and then, she gets a letter, in saying her "dying wish" is for her to take her ashes back to Hawaii to have an ancient burial. UGH,BUT HOW WILL THIS FIT INTO MY SCHEDUAL?!? Ok, so she leaves the lil monsters and there ridiculosly unqualified father back in Boston as she takes off Hawaii, where she meets Kala, her guardian's sisters, much younger son, and she becomes "Tempted" by him. And he is pretty smittin by her too. Anywayz, as that romance barely begins to bud before it blossoms, back home in Boston ol' Daddio comes home to ms teen thing making out on the couch with sum Hoodlum!!! Her excuse, "Daddy, you aren't supposed to be home this early!!" Yeah, I know. So, papa flips, and flies the kids and himself to Hawaii where he can hide behind Emmas skirt from the children. Meanwhile, BACK to Hawaii while all the drama is happening in Boston, Emma is informed that their land is going to be taken over or something, they never really go into it, it really takes a back seat to the whole "I am tempted by you" thing, that takes the wheel, but don't worry, it all comes together in the end :) But as she goes to get the legal papers from a bitchy neighbor who is fighting for the case, she is shockigly surprised that, her mother in fact isn't dead, but living on that very island!!! - now guess who it is? Oh the drama! Oh yeah and Kala "the one who is tempting every one" (Jason Momoa) has a son too.. yup.. 15.. same age as lil hell raiser from Boston. Hmm.. intresting huh?? And in all actuallity, Momoa would have been like 7 when he had the kid, no kidding. Now, just as the a storm is coming in, lil hell raiser figures out the whole thing about her mommys mommy and yells and screams and throws a tantrum and just when you want to throw the t.v. out the window to get rid of her God-awful screeching, Momma stands up and screams back and runs off as her offspring calls for her to come back, Momma is running and the storm rolls in...And if Im not mistaken which I may be"pathetic papa" and "Pretty boy" clash, all the while, the storm rolls in, representing a coming dramatic climax to the movie. (I totally get symbolism)Ok so, as pretty boys kid comes in and starts telling "Einstein" about all these bones in this cave or whatever, he just HAS to see them, so the three kiddos take off somewhere where the other two (Einstien and Lil hell raiser) have no clue where they are. As pretty boys youngin' climbs the cave to get candles I believe it was to light the cave becasue the storm has started, he falls about 3ft. and somehow manages to -what- knock himself out. So, Lil hell raiser and Einstein are left alone, she goes for help and he stays behind, what happens next. You'll have to watch and see. :-) Alright, so in final remarks, in my opinion, over-acted, way to dramatic ;especially Brooke Harman a.k.a. "lil hell raiser" but don't fret my dear, there is plenty of room for you on "The Young and the Restless", you'd fit in great. Jason Momoa's steamy hot looks are the only thing attracting middle aged house wifes to this flick. If you had the chance to watch that or stare at your hands, then I'd watch it, in all actuallity, it really wasnt that bad. Just a bit over acted. Although I must admit, I'd only watch it again for one thing. Jason Momoa. Seriously, pretty, pretty man
