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Always (1989)

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Reviews Counted:23

Fresh:14

Rotten:9

Average Rating:5.4/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins

Genre: Dramas

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... 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 trouble while fighting a blaze, Pete attempts a daring rescue--saving his friend but killing himself. Waking up in the afterlife, Pete meets an angel, Hap (Audrey Hepburn), who sends him back to earth as a ghost no one can see or hear. When Dorinda flies into a fire to save trapped smoke jumpers, Pete telepathically talks her through the dangerous mission. Hap tells Pete he must help Dorinda overcome her grief and lead her to a new love with a novice pilot (Brad Johnson). While Pete watches the two start their romance, he battles feelings of jealousy and sadness at giving her up. Steven Spielberg and Richard Dreyfuss, while working together on JAWS in 1975, found that they shared an affinity for the 1943 film A GUY NAMED JOE. They managed to come together years later to make their own version of it in ALWAYS. [More]

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Audrey Hepburn

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Audrey Hepburn, Brad Johnson

Director: Steven Spielberg

Director: Steven Spielberg
Composer: John Williams

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Jul 20, 1999

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11/07/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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10/11/02
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

No review available.

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10/11/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

A touching, beautifully short romance

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09/17/02
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

A rousing adventure story, a romantic comedy, and an affecting afterlife fantasy.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
01/15/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Always may be starry-eyed romantic claptrap, but by God, would that all starry-eyed romantic claptrap were so well done.

Full Review Source: Netflix | comment Comment
11/07/02
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Netflix

Although Always is filled with big, sentimental moments, it lacks the intimacy to make any of this very moving.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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08/30/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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02/24/04
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

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03/21/04
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

No review available.

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08/12/04
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Whimsical and affecting enough, but certainly a lesser Spielberg film.

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05/19/05
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

A light, enjoyable piece of fluff with spectacular flying scenes and a dramatically flat story.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
03/16/03
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Spielberg sets his whimsical romance ray for stun ... and comes up with a solid double off the wall.

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

The story, which was set during World War II in the original film, has been updated and placed in modern times. And that's part of the problem.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

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06/26/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Boring supernatural romance. Tedius and obvious. Wait until the following year's Ghost.

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07/14/03
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
About.com

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12/23/02
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com

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10/14/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
 
 
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