Always (1989)
61 %
Reviews Counted: 23 Fresh: 14 Rotten:9 Average Rating: 5.4/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Synopsis: This remake of the 1943 film A GUY NAMED JOE stars Richard Dreyfuss as Pete Sandich, a daredevil pilot who specializes in putting out forest fires. Pete promises his girlfriend, Dorinda (Holly Hunter), that he will stop flying, but when his best friend, Al (John Goodman), gets into engine... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Audrey Hepburn, Brad Johnson
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For all its Spielbergian action and production values, the film is painfully sappy and wastes its A-list cast by saddling them with a hamfisted script.
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05/06/06
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02/09/06
Although Always is filled with big, sentimental moments, it lacks the intimacy to make any of this very moving.
05/20/03
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A light, enjoyable piece of fluff with spectacular flying scenes and a dramatically flat story.
03/16/03
Always may be starry-eyed romantic claptrap, but by God, would that all starry-eyed romantic claptrap were so well done.
11/07/02
Spielberg sets his whimsical romance ray for stun ... and comes up with a solid double off the wall.
07/25/02
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