Dragonfly (PG-13)
Boring, phony and a complete waste of talent.
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Movie details
- Studio: Universal Pictures
- Directed By: Tom Shadyac
- Cast: Kevin Costner, Joe Morton, Ron Rifkin
- Running Time: 115 minutes
- Release Date: 02/22/2002
- Video/DVD Release Date: 07/30/2002
- Genre: Fantasy
- MPAA Rating: PG-13
- MPAA Explanation: mild sexual situation and tension
Parents need to know
Parents need to know that this movie has a mild sexual situation involving a married couple and some chilling moments. There is also a very mild reference to a lesbian relationship.
Families can talk about their own views on life after death and the ability of dead loved ones to communicate with those left behind.
Families can talk about their own views on life after death and the ability of dead loved ones to communicate with those left behind.
Message
Social Behavior:
Hispanic and native South American characters, black senior manager
Consumerism:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Characters drink, scenes in bar
Violence
Severe peril, many killed, scary surprises, very sick children
Sex
Mild
Language
Brief strong language
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Nell Minow
In DRAGONFLY, Kevin Costner plays Joe Darrow, a doctor whose pregnant wife is killed on a humanitarian mission in South America. He is heartbroken. He begins to believe that she is sending him messages through the sick children she used to care for. Somehow, when they have near-death experiences, they communicate with her. Joe is committed to a rational view of the world, and is torn between wanting to hold on to what he believes and wanting to hold on to what he had with his wife. Finally, the messages are impossible to ignore, he goes off in search of whatever it is that is she is trying to tell him.
Is it any good?
Dragonfly is another attempt at creating a new Sixth Sense, and it falls far short. It is dreary, it is boring, and worst of all, it is phony. And it completely wastes the talents of two brilliant Oscar-winning actresses, Kathy Bates and Linda Hunt.
The movie has some highly predictable surprises as Joe gets everything but a telegram showing the weird curvy cross sign that turns out to symbolize a waterfall. As hard as Costner tries, you can't help feeling that he does not really care that much about it, and neither does the audience.
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