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Field of Dreams, a review by Antares

Field of Dreams





Year: 1989
Film Studio: Universal Pictures, Gordon Company
Genre: Sports, Classic, Family, Fantasy
Length: 106 Min.

Director
Phil Alden Robinson (1950)

Writing
W. P. Kinsella (1935)...Book "Shoeless Joe"
Phil Alden Robinson (1950)...Screenplay

Producer
Brian E. Frankish
Charles Gordon (1947)
Lawrence Gordon (1936)
Lloyd Levin

Cinematographer
John Lindley

Music
James Horner (1953)...Composer

Stars
Kevin Costner (1955) as Ray Kinsella
Amy Madigan (1950) as Annie Kinsella
Gaby Hoffmann (1982) as Karin Kinsella
Ray Liotta (1954) as Shoeless Joe Jackson
Timothy Busfield (1957) as Mark
James Earl Jones (1931) as Terence 'Terry' Mann
Burt Lancaster (1913) as Dr. Archibald 'Moonlight' Graham
Frank Whaley (1963) as Archie Graham

Review



       Kevin Costner has been pretty successful starring in baseball films, and his career will be best defined in years to come by his performance in Field of Dreams Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta) and over the next few days the rest of the Chicago Sox are magically transported onto the field. The voice then sends him on a cross-country trek that will introduce him to two strangers whose lives will also be changed by visiting the mystical diamond. Redemption is at the heart and soul of Field of Dreams and through personal sacrifice all the characters involved will find the inner peace that has been missing from their lives through the tonic of baseball. If you are not a baseball fan this film will come across as rather corny and over-sentimental, but to the legions of baseball purists in our country, it is just short of Citizen Kane in their eyes.



       That being said, the one problem I have with the film is the casting of Ray Liotta as Eight Men Out

       Putting the Liotta matter aside, Field of DreamsReview Criterion4 Stars - Historically important film, considered a classic.

(From Field of Dreams (1989) on May 2nd, 2010)

M, a review by Jon

M (1930)
5 out of 5



M remains as fresh and startling almost 80 years on.

MMM

(From Jon's Alphabet Marathon 2010 on July 4th, 2010)

"Due South" marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

Bird in the Hand
This episode was only fair to me. It felt like the comedy was lacking for the most part. Even though I did like Fraser's father edging him on to kill or hurt the guy that killed him. But one thing did bother me a lot in this episode. The guy that killed Fraser's father seen him while hanging from the window. That just does not fit in with the father being only in Fraser's mind.

My Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on August 23rd, 2009)