Winter's Tale

Directed by Akiva Goldsman. With Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly. A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.

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Parents need to know that Winter's Tale, based on Mark Helprin's 1983 novel of the same name, deals with heavy themes of love and death, and good vs. evil, and so is best for teens and older who can handle these issues. Expect a few scenes of brutal violence (stabbings and up-close shootings) and some heavy kissing and implied nudity (a woman's naked back and silhouette is seen from afar). Swearing ("goddamn" and "s--t") is used sparingly.

The Winter's Tale is a tragicomedy (or romance, depending on your point of view) by William Shakespeare. The plot is thus: King Leontes of Sicilia …

Miracles, crossed destinies and an age-old battle between good and evil occur in a mythic New York.

Set in a mythic New York City and spanning more than a century,

Winter's Tale (released in the United Kingdom as A New York Winter's Tale[1]) is a 2014 American supernatural fantasy mystery romantic drama film and fable based on the 1983 novel Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin. The film is produced (with Marc E. Platt, Michael Tadross and Tony Allard), written and directed by Akiva Goldsman (in his directorial debut), edited by Wayne Wahrman and Tim Squyres, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, co-produced by Village Roadshow Pictures and Weed Road Pictures with music by Hans Zimmer and Rupert Gregson-Williams and stars Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Eva Marie Saint, Russell Crowe and Will Smith. Winter's Tale premiered at London on February 13, 2014 and was theatrically released on February 14, 2014 in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, failing to make back its $60 million budget. It also received a Golden Trailer nomination for Best Romance Poster. Winter's Tale was released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 24, 2014 by Warner Home Video.