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Summary: Not as scary as it's portrayed
Review: The trailer made the movie appear as a horror flick. This movie is more of a dramatic love story. The movie has no suspense and no climax. Overall, the movie was okay. I would recommend only renting the movie and waiting for the price to come down from $20.00 to a future $9.95 give away. I liked the fact that it had deleted scenes and that the dvd disc was pretty. Other than that, save your money.
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Summary: Guessing till the end
Review: Terrific, love inspired tale of mystery and tragedy. Costner, a doctor, loses his wife in a tragic accident in and begins to get strange feelings and signs that she is perhaps alive or that she is trying to give him a sign from the other side? Thompson, wonderful from TV's Once and Again, is haunting and lovely in playing his doctor wife.With the help of the children on the cancer ward, Costner's character gets clues from his wife about the accident, but what does it all mean. The clues will keep you guessing along with Costner. Is he crazy, is he sane? He won't give up until he finds the answers out. And the truth will leap out and grab you heart and soul. DVD extras like the deleted scenes are wonderful, especially because they show how much of a different movie it would have been had they remained in. And the "Making of" is interesting to have Thompson spotlight her character because she doesn't have much speaking time on film.
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Summary: A creepy film
Review: I didn't get to see Dragonfly on the big screen. But I had the chance to see it on DVD. My first thoughts that this movie was going to turn out bad. But I was wrong. This film is very well made. And the preformance of Kevin Costner was great (I was surprised)
I really enjoyed this film, and I bet you will enjoy it too. It was very suspenseful.
I give this movie a big 5 stars.
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Summary: There is one word that describes this movie: garbage
Review: Why? I'll tell you: 1. A script that could have been written by a random-cliche generator.
2. Godawful acting by everyone involved. You could actually see some of the more talented actors questioning why they were in this movie as they delivered their wooden, dead lines.
3. Nauseating cinematography. And completely inept direction.
4. A plot so obvious and boring, that I would rather slowly cut my own fingers off with a rusty spoon than watch this movie again. Summary: No suspense, no drama, no talent. Save your money, and switch on Lifetime instead to get your weepy fix.
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Summary: Initially Promising, Ultimately Lacking
Review: I wanted to like "Dragonfly". The premise was intriguing, at least for those who appreciate paranormal storylines, and it seemed as though everything would fall satisfyingly into place. Unfortunately, the "twist" at the end undid every good thing the filmmakers had already established. I don't require a film to be believable-that seems to miss the point of the medium's capabilities altogether. However, I detest mediocrity. And "Dragonfly" is mediocre. Kevin Costner seems uncomfortable in his role, as though he can never quite find the right way to inhabit Joe Darrow's grief. Susanna Thompson, radiant on "Once and Again", is completely wasted here as Costner's wife. Kathy Bates is excellent, as always, but her superiority as an actor makes Costner's performance look even thinner than it might have otherwise. There are a few good thrills here. Sadly, the end is so maddening that all the good points that came before are quickly forgotten. I found "Dragonfly" a waste even as a rental.
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Summary: raised hairs and the back of my neck
Review: I believe in Kevin Costner as Crash in Bull Durham, Billy Chapel in For Love of the Game, and John Dunbar in Dances with Wolves. And now Emily's `Joe' in Dragonfly. Those of you have read my reviews, few as they are, know I hate BS movies (except Deuce Bigalowe). I don't feel poor movies need to be reviewed, but forgotten. This is not a movie to be fotgotten. Joe is an emergency room doctor. his wife is also a doctor, renouned for her kindess and presence. But she dies in a freak bus accident. And Costner plays the deliberate picture of solidarity. But children in the hospital, dying of cancer, tell him she is calling for him. And from there, it begins. To reveal the course of this movie is a crime. Only cheap reviewers give away the flick. I won't. If you do nothing else, rent this movie, and watch it at least once. The blue imaging reminds you of Unbreakable. The calm and subdued pace is a la Sixth Sense, and Costner exudes a sense of loss and sadness I never thought he had in him (except in Dances). And then, cones the weird side. Very much `The Haunting' style (the Liam Neison version) where nothing is shown to you while it is happening, but presented after the fact. Think of when your dad he had you hold the plug wire on the lawn mower while he gave the starter a tug. remember the shocks? Now, run these small shocks in a series, and you have Dragonfly. This movie is a la Hitchcock in the way it reveals itself. The soundtrack is beautifully underplayed. By the way, I said rent it and watch it once? You will watch it twice....
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Summary: the new Kevin Costner vehicle
Review: Dr. Joe (Kevin Costner) is about to learn there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in his philosophy.
His wife Emily (Susanna Thompson), who is a doctor with the Red Cross, is killed in a mudslide in a remote mountain area of Venezuela. Her body and the bodies of several other victims of the bus crash are never discovered, so Joe doesn't have proper closure She could still be alive. Or she might have a message for him from beyond, or she might be luring him into a life-threatening experience that will end with him joining her Dragonfly is being hyped as this year's The Sixth Sense, but it is much closer to the old Demi Moore supernatural thriller Ghost
Dragonfly is not a horror film. It is eerie but it is not creepy or terrifying. In fact, it is a love story and a beautiful one at that
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Summary: A great supernatural thriller!
Review: "Dragonfly" is a movie I didn't hear much about before going to see. The main reason I went is because I enjoy films about the supernatural and this one didn't disappoint. When Joe loses his wife in a bus accident, he is unable to get past her death. A disbeliever, he is sure that he will never see her again until he begins to visit a children's ward and begins to receive messages through the dying children. From there on, he has to struggle with these signs and visitations, trying to figure out what is happening to him and if she still might be alive. This film is very frightening and the building suspense works very well. Its a subtle yet frightening film that will give you goosebumps if you watch it late at night. Both frightening and at the end uplifting, its a great film with a superb performance by Kevin Costner. To me this is one of his better films. I won't give away the ending other than to say it is very touching. All in all, a great film for one that is interested in the supernatural and near death experiences. Dragonfly is a frightening and great film!
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Summary: "Ghost" - Lite
Review: **1/2 Ever since it hit pay dirt with "Ghost" back in the summer of 1990, Hollywood has been fascinated with tales about dead people attempting to contact their grieving loved ones from beyond the grave. The latest variation on the theme, a film called "Dragonfly," turns out to be one of the sappiest entries in the genre. In the film, Kevin Costner, sporting a noticeable paunch for the occasion, plays Dr. Joe Darrow, a well-respected Chicago surgeon, whose wife dies in a bus accident while she is working as part of a Red Cross operation in rural Venezuela. Almost immediately after her death, Joe begins to experience a series of strange phenomena that seem to suggest that the spirit of Emily may be trying to get in touch with her distraught husband in order to deliver some kind of profound message to him. As in virtually all films of this type, Joe starts off, rather predictably, as an agnostic cynic, a by-the-book science type who pooh-poohs anything that he can't experience and verify through the use of his own five senses. He needs, obviously, to be taught a lesson, to be shown that a reality exists beyond the scope of mere mortal comprehension. And who better to teach him that lesson than a dead wife whom the doubter clearly loved and cherished? Then, when he begins to come over to the other side, to actually start believing in the existence of a world beyond our own, he has a devil of a time trying to convince anyone around him that he is not simply going off his rocker as a result of the enormous psychic shock inflicted by his wife's death. To make this sort of nonsense palatable, one would need a lot more originality and depth than are exhibited here (two qualities that "Ghost" had in abundance, by the way). Part of the problem is that this Grieving Widower Syndrome seems to have been done to death in the past several years, most recently in "The Mothman Prophecies," which also featured a man getting in touch with the supernatural after the demise of his dearly beloved wife. (Moths, dragonflies? Is there a pattern here?) This technique of killing off an adored spouse seems to have become the easiest and tritest way to achieve the "sensitive man" character that certain women seem to require for a successful romantic drama. One wonders why men in movies seem to be this enamored of their wives only when the women themselves wind up dead. In fact, the rule seems to be that the happier a marriage seems at the beginning of a movie, the more likely it is that one or the other of the spouses will be departing the scene not long after the opening credits have rolled by (usually determined by which of the two is the lesser star). "Dragonfly" tires hard to achieve an ethereal quality, but the mundane script keeps it relentlessly earthbound. The film is neither suspenseful nor romantic nor intriguing enough to make it truly effective as either a thriller, a love story, a fantasy or - as the film undoubtedly would prefer - a combination of all three. Instead, think of "Dragonfly" as merely "Ghost-Lite."
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Summary: Great Movie! Outstanding special features!
Review: Dragonfly was a great movie!!! It kept my attention and that of my four children all the way to the end. It was thrill to thrill without sex, vulgarity, or violence. Wow, that alone nowdays makes a five star movie for me! Even better is the featurette section. Bestselling author Betty J. Eadie (Embraced By The Light) shares her near-death experience with us. What a credible wittness to the near death experience. Her story she shared touched me deeply and has moved me to research this phenomina in greater detail. ...Overall, I would pay for that featurette alone, add in the movie and its well worth your few bucks for it.
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