A convict. A cop. A hostage that will make one of them a hero.
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
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“Is Kevin Costner the best thing in A Perfect World?”
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- r96skon TMDB · Feb 20228/10
I'm a little split on <em>'A Perfect World'</em>, but one thing that is for certain is that I definitely enjoyed watching it. The reason that I'm split is because of how it portrays the lead character. I completely get the angle the filmmakers were going for, I'm just not convinced they pull it off. It's fun to watch, but I never once felt a connection to root for Kevin Costner's Butch. There are many a time where I was just like "Huh?". It shows a number of events that you can tell are supposed to make you connect to Butch, but I just couldn't - he is super unlikeable, like the very first thing we see him do 'on the outside' defines him and the whole film. They could've wrote him in so many different ways, to give him a positive reason for what he does. Yet, despite that it is entertaining, I cannot deny. I guess what I'm trying to say is that it works as a film for sure, but given it tries (too hard?) to attempt thought-provoking and deeper meaning I think it falls over itself - logically, I couldn't get on board. As a popcorn flick, I'm all in. P.S. How amusing to see the <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/casper/" rel="nofollow">Casper</a>'</em> connection, given the dir
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Cast
- Kevin CostnerRobert 'Butch' Haynes
- Clint EastwoodChief Red Garnett
- Laura DernSally Gerber
- T.J. LowtherPhillip 'Buzz' Perry
- Bradley WhitfordBobby Lee
- Keith SzarabajkaTerry Pugh
- Leo BurmesterTom Adler
- Paul HewittDick Suttle
- Ray McKinnonBradley
- Jennifer GriffinGladys Perry
Crew
- Clint EastwoodDirector
- John Lee HancockWriter
- Jack N. GreenDirector of Photography
- Lennie NiehausOriginal Music Composer
- Ron SpangEditor
- Joel CoxEditor
- David ValdesProducer
- Mark JohnsonProducer
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