A rousing adventure story, a romantic comedy, and an affecting afterlife fantasy.
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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Reviews for Always
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.
Although Always is filled with big, sentimental moments, it lacks the intimacy to make any of this very moving.
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.
Always may be starry-eyed romantic claptrap, but by God, would that all starry-eyed romantic claptrap were so well done.
A light, enjoyable piece of fluff with spectacular flying scenes and a dramatically flat story.
Boring supernatural romance. Tedius and obvious. Wait until the following year's Ghost.
Spielberg sets his whimsical romance ray for stun ... and comes up with a solid double off the wall.
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