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Field of Dreams (1989)
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Reviews Counted:44
Fresh:40
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: Field of Dreams is sentimental, but in the best way; it’s a mix of fairy tale, baseball, and family togetherness.
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Kevin Costner plays a former Sixties idealist who runs a farm in Iowa with his wife and young daughter. After hearing a mysterious, heavenly voice one day, Costner turns one of his cornfields into... [More]
Starring: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffman, Ray Liotta
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
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Reviews for Field of Dreams
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 3.5/4 |
Widely regarded as a modern populist classic, the film is both a fabulist fable and a celebratory baseball movie that acknowledges scandal within the sport but also the game's transcendent ability to rise above attempts to damage its integrity. [Blu-ray] Full Review |
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4/5 |
One of the best films of the 80s
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That rare thing, a poignant movie which manages to drain the tear ducts without ever resorting to cheap manipulation or clichéd sentiment. Full Review |
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The life-equals-baseball masterpiece still packs an unexpected kick. Full Review |
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3/4 |
A rare choke-up movie for guys and one of 1989's biggest hits. Full Review |
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Field of Dreams sustains a dreamy mood in which the idea of baseball is distilled to its purest essence: a game that stands for unsullied innocence in a cruel, imperfect world. Full Review |
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The conception is sentimental, but the storytelling remains assured and effective. Full Review |
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Pure magic. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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B+ |
Whether you view it as Capracorn or Capraesque would depend on your values, but there's no denying the film evokes the vastness and grandeur of Middle-America Full Review |
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A+ |
The best baseball film of all time.
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4/4 |
A movie for a thorough tear-duct cleansing - the only film that makes tears stream down the cheeks of this hardened critic, and it gets me at least twice every time. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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4/5 |
Robinson's whimsical sports saga is nostalgically engaging...guaranteed to load the bases with sentimentality
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3/4 |
Anyone who loves their father or baseball -- or both -- will find it difficult -- no, impossible -- to resist this hokey, wonderful film. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Say what you want about Kevin Costner, but you can’t say he never played Jesus Christ. Full Review |
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