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A Perfect World

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7.5/10 • 1.7K

1993-11-242h 18m

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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.

Directors
Clint Eastwood
Writters
John Lee Hancock
Editors
Joel Cox

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  1. Kevin Costner

    Kevin Costner

    Robert 'Butch' Haynes

  2. Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood

    Chief Red Garnett

  3. Laura Dern

    Laura Dern

    Sally Gerber

  4. T.J. Lowther

    T.J. Lowther

    Phillip 'Buzz' Perry

  5. Bradley Whitford

    Bradley Whitford

    Bobby Lee

  6. Keith Szarabajka

    Keith Szarabajka

    Terry Pugh

  7. Leo Burmester

    Leo Burmester

    Tom Adler

  8. Paul Hewitt

    Paul Hewitt

    Dick Suttle

  9. Ray McKinnon

    Ray McKinnon

    Bradley

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r96sk

Feb 5, 2022

8/10

I'm a little split on 'A Perfect World', 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 'Casper' connection, given the directing/acting Clint Eastwood would later make a cameo in the live-action film almost two years after this was released.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$30,000,000.00
Revenue
$135,100,000.00
Keywords
hostagetexasprison escapeescaped convictchild kidnappingchild driving carcriminologist1960s