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01/26/06
Field of Dreams (1989)
91 %
Reviews Counted: 44 Fresh: 40 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7.6/10
Consensus:
Field of Dreams is sentimental, but in the best way; it’s a mix of fairy tale, baseball, and family togetherness.
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Synopsis: Kevin Costner plays a former Sixties idealist who runs a farm in Iowa with his wife and young daughter. After hearing a mysterious, heavenly voice one day, Costner turns one of his cornfields into a baseball diamond. Of course, everyone thinks he's crazy, but in time "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffman, Ray Liotta, Timothy Busfield
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Field of Dreams sustains a dreamy mood in which the idea of baseball is distilled to its purest essence: a game that stands for unsullied innocence in a cruel, imperfect world.
03/21/07
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The conception is sentimental, but the storytelling remains assured and effective.
03/21/07
Whether you view it as Capracorn or Capraesque would depend on your values, but there's no denying the film evokes the vastness and grandeur of Middle-America
06/29/05
A movie for a thorough tear-duct cleansing - the only film that makes tears stream down the cheeks of this hardened critic, and it gets me at least twice every time.
06/10/05
Anyone who loves their father or baseball -- or both -- will find it difficult -- no, impossible -- to resist this hokey, wonderful film.
06/21/04
Say what you want about Kevin Costner, but you can’t say he never played Jesus Christ.
04/15/04
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