That rare thing, a poignant movie which manages to drain the tear ducts without ever resorting to cheap manipulation or clichéd sentiment.
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08/01/08
Field of Dreams (1989)
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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
Genre: Dramas
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... [More]
Starring: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffman, Ray Liotta
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Reviews for Field of Dreams
Top CriticPure magic.
01/26/06
Top CriticWidely regarded as a modern populist classic, the film is both a fabulist fable and a celebratory baseball movie that acknowledges scandal within the sport but also the game's transcendent ability to rise above attempts to damage its integrity. [Blu-ray]
06/19/09
The life-equals-baseball masterpiece still packs an unexpected kick.
11/03/07
Top CriticA rare choke-up movie for guys and one of 1989's biggest hits.
03/21/07
Top CriticField 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
Top CriticThe conception is sentimental, but the storytelling remains assured and effective.
03/21/07
No review available.
12/05/05
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
The best baseball film of all time.
06/18/05
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
No review available.
04/29/05
No review available.
03/13/05
No review available.
01/24/05
No review available.
11/19/04
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
No review available.
11/14/03
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