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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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Newsweek

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2.5/5

Christopher Null

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 06 2006 03:37 AM

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Geoff Andrew

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Time Out

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3/5

Chuck O'Leary

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comment Comment | Oct., 11 2005 02:10 PM

Fantastica Daily

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2/5

Emanuel Levy

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comment Comment | Jun., 26 2005 09:05 PM

EmanuelLevy.Com

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3/5

Rob Thomas

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

comment Comment | May., 19 2005 11:57 AM

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

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3/5

Nell Minow

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comment Comment | Aug., 12 2004 06:44 PM

Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

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3/5

Mike McGranaghan

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comment Comment | Mar., 21 2004 10:17 AM

Aisle Seat

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4/5

Mark Palermo

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comment Comment | Feb., 24 2004 07:20 PM

Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

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2/5

Thomas Delapa

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comment Comment | Feb., 13 2004 12:43 PM

Boulder Weekly

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3/5

Carol Cling

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comment Comment | Nov., 07 2003 12:02 PM

Las Vegas Review-Journal

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1/5

Fred Topel

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

comment Comment | Jul., 14 2003 12:47 AM

About.com

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3/5

Janet Maslin

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 20 2003 05:19 PM

New York Times

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6/10

Robert Roten

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 16 2003 08:42 AM

Laramie Movie Scope

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1/5

Michael Szymanski

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comment Comment | Dec., 23 2002 05:18 PM

Zap2it.com

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3.5/5

James Rocchi

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

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 07 2002 01:21 PM

Netflix

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2/5

Philip Martin

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comment Comment | Oct., 14 2002 01:08 PM

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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3/5

Christopher Smith

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comment Comment | Oct., 11 2002 06:50 AM

Bangor Daily News (Maine)

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3/5

Clint Morris

A touching, beautifully short romance

comment Comment | Sep., 17 2002 10:08 PM

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