Lush green aerial photography of the Venezuelan jungle stands in stark contrast to the dark and depressing urbanity of American city life where Joe Darrow (Kevin Costner) works as a doctor in the emergency room of Chicago Memorial Hospital. His wife, Emily Darrow (Susanna Thompson), was last seen in a rainstorm in Venezuela, .. Read more
| Starring | Kevin Costner, Joe Morton, Ron Rifkin, Linda Hunt |
|---|---|
| Director | Tom Shadyac |
| Genres | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller |
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Lush green aerial photography of the Venezuelan jungle stands in stark contrast to the dark and depressing urbanity of American city life where Joe Darrow (Kevin Costner) works as a doctor in the emergency room of Chicago Memorial Hospital. His wife, Emily Darrow (Susanna Thompson), was last seen in a rainstorm in Venezuela, where she was on a retreat with the Red Cross offering humanitarian aid. She vanished in a bus accident. There were no survivors and her body was never found. That rich, green, exotic land is left behind as Joe is challenged to persevere through sad, rainy days back home. Joe promised Emily that if anything ever happened to her, he would visit her patients in the oncology ward. Strangely, the children seem to know him, and they say they've seen Emily in their near-death experiences. When Joe begins to believe that Emily is trying to contact him from the other side, his coworkers and his neighbor (a staunch Kathy Bates with a sterling buzz cut) warn him that grief can be a heavy burden to bear.
Featuring a handful of frightful moments, an unexpected action sequence, and many emotional dialogues, DRAGONFLY is a pensive movie about coping with death and questioning the possibility of the afterlife. Some of the best scenes of the film involve the hilarious and bizarre Linda Hunt, who plays Sister Madeline, an intense little nun with a bad rep who is plagued by tabloid journalists.
| Starring | Kevin Costner, Joe Morton, Ron Rifkin, Linda Hunt, Kathy Bates |
|---|---|
| Director | Tom Shadyac |
| Studio | BUENA VISTA |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | Czech, German, Italian |
| Hearing-impaired | German |
| Subtitles | Croatian, Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Slovenian, Spanish |
| Released | DVD: 09 Dec 2002 Production year: 2001 |
| Format | DVD |
In this disappointing and belated attempt to cash in on the success of supernatural dramas such as The Sixth Sense, Kevin Costner stars as an ER doctor based in Chicago who is devastated by the death of his pregnant wife Emily while on a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Costner becomes convinced that his wife is trying to contact him from beyond after hearing about the near-death experiences of one of her former patients. The recurrence of dragonfly images — Emily had a similar mark on her back — and an encounter with Linda Hunt's eccentric nun send Costner off on a jungle adventure. Sadly, neither the understated performance of Costner nor a welcome cameo from Kathy Bates can rescue this schmaltzy misfire.
A film that must be watched!
Costner is a an A&E doctor that is completly lost when his pregnant wife dies in a tragic coaching accident in South America. But is she trying to contact him from beyond? The children in the oncology ward that were treated previously by his wife may have the answer.
Great film that can't fail to touch you.
i love this movie it's a must have