Review of Field of Dreams (1989) by Nelson M — 03 Jun 2012
Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) lives on a farm with his wife (Amy Madigan) and begins to hear voices that persuade him to build a baseball diamond over his corn crops to attract legendary now deceased players.
Surprisingly it does, but in the Kinsella's imaginations and reality takes over real life situations, such as their unpaid mortgage. Yet, he still persuades him to fulfill this voice's answer, evening travelling far to find a novelist (James Earl Jones) and a doctor (Burt Lancaster), who is supposed to be deceased.
The second of two consecutive years in which Costner was in a film revolving around baseball (the first being Bull Durham), this film is excessive in the sentimental department. It is so sucky and so good natured, that it becomes forgettable and barfy.
It tries, it really does, but it is just so gooey and overly sweet. Oddly, the overlook of the crops give me a weird reminder a watching a totally irrelevant film, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
" Pretty goofy movie.
This review of Field of Dreams (1989) was written by Nelson M on 03 Jun 2012.
Field of Dreams has generally received positive reviews.
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