Field of Dreams
All his life, Ray Kinsella was searching for his dreams. Then one day, his dreams came looking for him.
All his life, Ray Kinsella was searching for his dreams. Then one day...
Drama, Fantasy
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1989
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Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.
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Rated:
PG
Runtime:
105 min
Release date:
21 Apr 1989
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$15,000,000
Revenue:
$84,431,625
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. 7 wins & 13 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
All of this would work better if Robinson built up the reality of the town more, made the citizens a more palpable presence, as Frank Capra did in Hollywood's greatest fable-fantasy, It's a Wonderful Life.
– Michael Wilmington,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar 2013
fresh:
The sentimentality, of which there is plenty, is nicely balanced by a humor of ironic pragmatism, as when Ray, having built his baseball field as a monument to human dreams, decides to charge tourists $20 a head to visit it.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Mar 2013
rotten:
Despite a lovely cameo turn by Burt Lancaster, Field of Dreams is the male weepie at its wussiest.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
16 Mar 2011
fresh:
The life-equals-baseball masterpiece still packs an unexpected kick.
– Michael Booth,
Denver Post,
3 Nov 2007
fresh:
Field of Dreams sustains a dreamy mood in which the idea of baseball is distilled to its purest essence: a game that stands for unsullied innocence in a cruel, imperfect world.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
21 Mar 2007