~~ Dragonfly ~~
I have a strong interest in anything supernatural; if you like you could say I like anything spooky. I came across this movie quite by accident, until recently I used to have sky movies and one night I flicked through the channels and started watching a movie, I had missed ... Read review
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inDragonfly. Costner plays an emergency room doctor whose ordered world is startled by "messages" from his dead wife. She's talking about the journey from life to death, ...
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Wolves), Kathy Bates (Misery, Titanic) and Ron Rifkin (Keeping The Faith, The Majestic). When Dr. Joe Darrow's (Costner) beautiful pediatrician wife dies tragica...
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Thriller - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Timothy West, Neil Morrissey, Tara Fitzgerald, Annette Crosbie, Pauline Quirke, Rob Brydon, Denise Van Outen, John Thomson, Kevin Whately, David Suchet
Production Year: 2002 - Thriller - Director: Bharat Nalluri, Rob Bailey, Andy Wilson - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, David Oyelowo, Peter Firth, Jenny Agutter, Lisa Faulkner
Advantages: Supernatural thriller, great storyline, good suspense. Disadvantages: Could have done with more extras, they all seemed to be rather short
~~ Dragonfly ~~
I have a strong interest in anything supernatural; if you like you could say I like anything spooky. I came across this movie quite by accident, until recently I used to have sky movies and one night I flicked through the channels and started watching a movie, I had missed the beginning of it, but from watching a couple of minutes it had attracted my interest, so much so that when it had finished I had to find out what ... ...I am going on again, I know but it has got me here writing this review and wanting to share why I love this film so much.
~~ The Movie ~~
Kevin Costner plays a Doctor at Chicago Memorial Hospital, he is highly respected and the Head of his Department, oh you want to know his name don't you, it is Dr. Joe Darrow, his wife is/was also a Doctor in the Oncology department, her name is Dr Emily Darrow. Emily loves children ... more
~~ Dragonfly ~~
I have a strong interest in anything supernatural; if you like you could say I like anything spooky. I came across this movie quite by accident, until recently I used to have sky movies and one night I flicked through the channels and started watching a movie, I had missed the beginning of it, but from watching a couple of minutes it had attracted my interest, so much so that when it had finished I had to find out what it was called and get myself a copy. Ok, I am going on again, I know but it has got me here writing this review and wanting to share why I love this film so much.
~~ The Movie ~~
Kevin Costner plays a Doctor at Chicago Memorial Hospital, he is highly respected and the Head of his Department, oh you want to know his name don't you, it is Dr. Joe Darrow, his wife is/was also a Doctor in the Oncology department, her name is Dr Emily Darrow. Emily loves children and also works with the Red Cross, going to countries in need.
It was on one of these trips with the Red Cross in Venezuela, South America, where our story starts, she is in the Red Cross bus on a cliff when it gets caught in a landslide and goes over the cliff into the river below. She is lost presumed dead, her body never found. We see Joe searching for her and her memorial service back in America.
The story then takes us to six months later and Dr. Joe Darrow as buried himself (excuse the pun) into his work, working around the clock seven days a week to overcome his grief. The film takes us through flash backs of Joe and Emily's time together before his tragic loss? Jo is stressed and sad; he has not come to terms with his grief or faced it as yet.
Strange phenomenons occur throughout this movie, Joe starts seeing dragonflies, hearing Emily's voice and seeing strange symbols of two wavy lines in the form of a cross. These peculiar things make even Joe doubt his own sanity.
How come these out of the ordinary events are occurring? What are the messages trying to convey? Is Emily still alive?
You will have to watch the movie to find out.
~~ The Cast ~~
Kevin Costner as Dr Joe Darrow - he is very good in this part, the director has played on his strong emotional points. He is very good at getting his emotions across without having to say a word. He fits the part well.
Susanna Thompson as Dr Emily Darrow - although they killed her off at the beginning we do back track to the past on a few occasions so we do get the benefit of seeing her in her role. You tend to have a mental image of how she would look, being a Red Cross Doctor, I felt she fitted my Mental Image, perfectly apart from at times, she was a little too clean.
Kathy Bates - played neighbour, friend and confident to the Darrow's, Miriam - she was the one that Joe Darrow went to, told her all what was happening, she advised and listened.
There were many more and some wonder child actors playing their parts really well, also a very funny, scraggy looking parrot which definitely deserves a mention.
~~ My Opinion ~~
I think the Director got this picture really spot on, he got the pace of the events just right, how you question yourself, doubt yourself before acceptance was brilliant. This has got to be the best film in this supernatural category that I have seen in a long time.
It takes you through the emotions, it can make you anxious at the right moments, nervous, sad, and happy, grab the tissues, and yes it takes you through your emotions. So this film is supernatural, but it is also romantic and dramatic. The box calls it a suspense filled thriller. Well I will have to leave it up to you to decide.
If you have not guessed it by now I absolutely loved this film and would highly recommend it, especially to anyone that enjoys a good love story or haunting.
~~ DVD Extras: ~~
I should mention that at the beginning of my copy I have two movie trailers to sit through before getting to the film, they lasted approx 5 minutes.
Scene Selection - Considering the film is 100 minutes long, there was only 12 scenes to choose from.
Spotlight on Location - this is interviews with the actors, the writer, director and producer, discussing the movie from their points of view. It lasts around thirteen minutes.
Deleted Scenes - there are eight deleted scenes in this section, looking through them there were some I thought would not have been any good in the film, some I said to myself were good, but I prefer the one they actually used and others I had no preference, but they are worth having a look at. It is amazing that each one lasts roughly about one minute long.
These scenes are:- Playing God Late Night Visitor Advice on the Racquet Court Memories of Emily Awakened by Dragonflies Am I Dreaming Am I Dreaming Part 2 The Crib
Betty Eadie Segment - Betty is the author and this section is a six minute interview with her about her near death experience and how it changed her outlook on life.
Audio Commentary - on/off - if you switch this on you can have a commentary talking you through the movie, interesting if you like to know a little more, but off putting if you just want to watch the movie.
~~ My Opinion on the Extras ~~
I have learnt to love the extras; they seem to have a little something for all interests, especially for film buffs who like to know all about how the film was made. The interviews with the main actors; I find the most appealing as it's interesting to hear the opinions of the people directly involved with the movie, you can without a doubt feel the pride from the director when he speaks of his work.
~~ Finally ~~
This film is a cert 12. It has extremely mild language and nudity (very tasteful), no violence and they class is as having some moderate horror.
I also want to say that I have deliberately missed some details out of the review as I do not want to spoil the movie for you.
Advantages: Kathy Bates is in it Disadvantages: Rather dull, not particularly original
...phenomenon after another. A heavy dragonfly paperweight (a favourite of his wife) suddenly moves across the room, apparently defying gravity. His wife’s beloved parrot wakes him in the night with his “Honey, I’m home” call, usually reserved exclusively for his wife. He even thinks that he has seen his wife outside the window. Convinced that she is trying to reach him, he investigates the phenomenon further. A recurring theme ... ...and a few interesting moments, Dragonfly is a real chore to sit through and would easily win awards for the most boring film I’ve seen this year.
Dragonfly desperately wants to be something it isn’t. Advertised as a supernatural thriller, there is absolutely nothing thrilling about this film whatsoever, and one thing seems to take forever to lead to another. It’s quite some time since I’ve seen a film with Kevin Costner in ...
LostWitness 06.02.2003
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Advantages: It will finally end Disadvantages: Not until your brain freezes up
...episode of the X files, Dragonfly lurches from one predictable twist to another led by the charmless Costner. Is it an overdose of Botox that has done this to the once lauded actor? Is it design that causes the most emotionless 'performance' since 'Waterworld'? Or is it a wooden actor attempting to stiffen his ‘craft’ further in order to imitate the glory of ‘The Sixth Sense’. Sadly it is so far from achieving this, that the ... ...Her fondness for the dragonfly gives the film it’s title, so it’s hardly surprising when her favourite insect keeps popping up, wait for it, OUT OF SEASON. Apparently she saw the dragonfly as a symbol of her, because she had a birthmark that looked a bit like one. Granted she's a totally rubbish ghost. He sees dragonflies everywhere, which is freaky enough but when the ratty parrot greets her in the night, that's when the terrible fear ...
QueenAngella 10.03.2003
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Advantages: It has Kevin Kostner If You ike Him Disadvantages: no thrills, no shocks, no suspense, no mystery
...pay to see it because Dragonfly can be described as 'weak' at best, bloody awful if you are being slightly more realistic. Its the kind of suspense thriller which relies heavily upon an ever growing feeling of suspense and the way it keeps you guessing right until the very end with spooky supernatural elements thrown into the mix toshake things up a little. The big problem being that no suspense is built up when 10 minutes into the movie you have ... ...having visions of her. The dragonfly was a passion of hers and dragonflies seem to be turning up everywhere, her parrot behaves as if she was home and he hears her voice emminating from dead patients...surely he is going nuts. Everyone seems to think so, but Kostner needs answers... Dragonfly could have been a much better movie were Shadyac not to treat his viewers like children(see his previous movies for more of the same) and were Kevin Kostner ...
wampyrii 09.03.2002
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Advantages: A story within a story. Disadvantages: Unbelieveable
This evening I watched a film with Kevin Costner and Suzanna Thompson, and the reason that I distinguished this from other movies of a scary nature was really that I have a great respect for Kevin Costner's integrity as an actor, and was not disappointed. The film was released in January 2004, and produced by Universal Studios.
The story is one of human loss, and ways in which a human's mind plays tricks when they have lost a loved one, sometimes ... ...their own sanity.
It revolves around two people who work in the medical profession, and how tragedy strikes, when the wife is killed in a bus accident in a far off country, and whose body is never found. Costner travels through the kinds of emotions that people who grieve do suffer, and those who suffer loss where no body is retrieved must be much worse than normal. His reactions to things that happen around him are logical, and what makes the film ...
thingywhatsit 05.07.2005
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Advantages: Good supernatural thrilling storyline Disadvantages: Maybe a more passionate actor than Kevin Costner was needed
...thing for her babylike a dragonfly mobile for the cot and a paperweight before she went on her mission to the tribe. Joe tries to concentrate on his work after her death but soon strange things keep happening to him. Like his parrot only used to say honey im home when his wife came home and late at nite it suddenly shreeks out honey im home then when he trys to put all his wifes clothes in a case to get rid of he turns his back and then there all ... ...Joe is freeked out and takes advice from his friends and neighbour and books a water rafting holiday mean while joe visits the wards were his wife used to work at the hospitial and talks to the kids about her coz he promised his wife he would when she left for her mission and the kids are all drawing these little wiggly cross things and talking about going through the rainbow well joe things he is going mad he hears a child calling his name, the ...
craigander 26.09.2003 (15.01.2004)
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Produced and directed by: Andrea Ambandos, Dragonfly Productions, Inc.
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DVD facts:
Running time: Approx. 55 mins
Shown in: Colour
Packaging design: 2009 Anchor Bay Entertainment UK Ltd.
Extras:
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DVD Description
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.
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