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Drama, Fantasy 105 min PG
Rotten Tomatoes88%Metacritic57IMDb
All his life, Ray Kinsella was searching for his dreams. Then one day, his dreams came looking for him.
Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.
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Nostalgic, warm, contemplative and effortless.
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“Ray” (Kevin Costner) buys a farm with his wife “Annie” (Amy Madigan) and their daughter “Karin” (Gaby Hoffmann) and is just about making a going concern of growing corn. Amidst his crop one afternoon, he hears a voice. Nobody else heard it and so he disregards it. It’s a persistent instruction, though, telling him to uproot his livelihood and build a baseball diamond - complete with floodlights and rudimentary seats. Who on earth for? Well that turns out to be the thrust of this gentle fantasy as we go back fifty years to a team, led by the legendary “Shoeless Joe” (Ray Liotta) who were embroiled in a sporting scandal. Sceptical at first, his wife quickly comes round to the idea and once it is built all three of them espy a lone man standing on the pitch. Who is he and what does he want? Well to answer that, "Ray” is going to have to follow yet more voices that take him to meet reclusive and retired writer “Terry” (James Earl Jones) and then “Doc. Moonlight” (Burt Lancaster) who might be able to help solve this riddle and possibly provide some reconciliation for all concerned. All the while, they are swiftly running out of money and his brother-in-law is threatening foreclosure an
Read the whole review on TMDB"Field of Dreams" is a determined effort to encourage us all to dream of the past and to rediscover, relive and cherish the special memories from our childhood once more when the world still held a wealth of mysterious wonder and fascination for the inquisitive mind before the innocence of that time was slowly replaced by the unwelcome responsibilities of adulthood - and in some more unfortunate cases this was also accompanied by a jaded and cynical disillusionment which is hardly surprising. After all, the entire world is inundated by youthful dreams and aspirations many of which are destined to remain unfulfilled due to circumstances beyond anyone's control and this film understands that painful reality and therein lies its magical power. The theme of baseball is also well used to illustrate the ultimate intentions of this film and even though the importance of that beloved sport in the majority of American lives is largely wasted on people living in the rest of the world the universal sentiment it represents is gloriously easy to grasp.
Read the whole review on TMDB**A good movie to watch with the family.** In this film, a man who has just moved to a small country house, in order to have a quieter life, begins to be disturbed by a mysterious voice that invites him to build a baseball field on a large part of his land. cultivation. That's a bad idea, because he depends on the sale of production to pay off a bank loan taken out to buy the house. However, he decides to believe his instinct. Immediately, he begins to receive visits from former players who are now dead and who, while still alive, had been removed from the competition following harsh accusations of sporting misconduct. No, the film is not a horror film and, although the souls of the other world are very present, it is one of those delicious films to watch with the family. Here, the spiritual entities are, in fact, the nicest and kindest there can be. The script is quite good and hides a very pertinent message about the importance of family, following dreams and maintaining a good relationship with our family members. Kevin Costner plays a sympathetic role that easily captivates our affection, acting very lightly in one of the most interesting cinematographic works of his life as an
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