The undisputed king of the cornball concept, Kevin Costner has an uncanny aptitude for gravitating toward the dopiest projects in sight, but this time he's outdone himself.
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Dragonfly (2002)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:1
Rotten:29
Average Rating:3.5/10
Consensus: Sappy, dull, and muddled, Dragonfly is too melancholic and cliched to generate much suspense.
Theatrical Release:Feb 22, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $30,063,805
Synopsis: Lush green aerial photography of the Venezuelan jungle stands in stark contrast to the dark and depressing urbanity of American city life where Joe Darrow (Kevin Costner) works as a doctor in the... [More]
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Reviews for Dragonfly
Top CriticMore dull than offensive, Dragonfly keeps Costner on screen for nearly every scene, which pretty much compounds the movie's boredom quotient.
08/09/02
Top CriticA sappy, often absurd disappointment.
07/20/02
Top CriticA numbingly pretentious project.
03/13/02
Top CriticChances are good that if you loved Ghost or Truly Madly Deeply, you'll at the very least like this fitfully affecting tale of love beyond death and faith beyond reason.
02/25/02
Top CriticIf you're a Costner fan, you'll find Dragonfly mildly diverting, but otherwise you'll come away agreeing with the woman in the audience who said as the lights went up, 'That was so cheesy.'
02/22/02
Top CriticProbably was hatched by screenwriters watching The Sixth Sense on methamphetamines.
02/22/02
Top CriticWhile the themes sound intriguing, the movie lacks the necessary clarity of vision.
02/22/02
Top Critic... better described as a ghost story gone badly awry.
02/22/02
Top CriticThe thriller is only thrilling enough to kill the movie's romantic mood, while the romance just makes Dragonfly seem meandering and inert.
02/22/02
Top CriticAs thrillers go, this one, with a peskily insistent score, weepy-timbred voice-overs, and telegraphed 'twist' ending, is mighty unthrilling.
02/22/02
Top CriticThere are enough throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made A Walk to Remember a niche hit.
02/22/02
Top CriticThe dragonfly is a sleek, graceful insect that doesn't deserve to have its reputation sullied by being associated with this pile of offal.
02/22/02
Top CriticDragonfly has more plot than a figure-skating competition, and just about as much credibility.
02/22/02
Top CriticYou come away wishing, though, that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that's at the center of the story.
02/22/02
Top CriticIf there's anything worse than a slick, crummy horror movie, it's a slick, crummy, pretentious horror movie.
02/22/02
Top Critic... plays like it was written from the end backward.
02/22/02
Top CriticIf Oscars were dished out for tin ears, screenwriters David Seltzer, Brandon Camp, and Mike Thompson would be in the running.
02/22/02
Top CriticSappy, mechanical tripe.
02/22/02
Top CriticThere are deeply religious and spiritual people in this world who would argue that entering a church, synagogue or temple doesn't mean you have to check your brain at the door. The same should go for movie theaters.
02/21/02
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