The Australian film, Eye of the Storm

Eye of the Storm is a film from down under which is where it could have remained for my $.  The 1st rate cast consists of Charlotte Rampling as the wealthy, aristocratic mother to son, Geoffrey Rush and daughter Judy Davis.  Once a great beauty, Rampling is in failing health and summons her off spring whom she hasn't seen for many years.  This long hiatus is no surprise as Rampling is a dominating, solipsistic tyrant who wrecked havoc in her children's lives.  Seen in flashback, Rampling had no qualms stealing her daughter's lover.  This melodrama precedes a major tempest that wrecked total destruction on everything around her.  Her daughter, Davis, moves to France where she married and divorced, leaving her a royal title but destitute.  Rush, her son, has relocated to London where he was knighted for his acting although he has fallen out with fans & critics alike.  Both Davis & Rush return to their ailing mother's bedside, abjectly fawning themselves into her good graces to assure themselves of inheriting her estate. The movie is bogged down by narcisstic, self-serving people waiting for "death as the natural conclusion;" the aftermath of the eye of the storm.  I would not recommend this movie, despite the stellular cast, on a clement day or a stormy day for that matter.