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...Number of recent actors turned part-time directors who won Best Director: Robert Redford (Ordinary People), Warren Beatty (Reds), Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves) and Mel Gibson (Braveheart...
...hard to imagine that Darrow, the head of emergency services at Chicago Memorial Hospital, and Emily, a pediatric oncologist there, ever had the time or the extra emotional wherewithal to maintain a strong relationship. Nevertheless, he is devastated by his loss, or at least Costner trys to act devastated. He becomes a loose cannon on the job and is quickly asked to take time off by his friends and medical colleagues. He appears delusional to them, as he becomes deeply affected by frequent encounters with dragonflies—be it with a dragonfly paperweight with a life...
Granted, any dialogue in which Costner is trying to carry half the burden is going to be excruciating, but several exchanges in the film leave one wondering where to place the blame—on the stilted script or the poor acting. At one point, Darrow walks up to a table of friends at a bar, who toast his recently deceased wife (“Here’s to Emily!”) just like most people would toast a good night at the bowling alley or the purchase of a new car. It is a wonder that...
...time the credits roll for Dragonfly, you may be scratching your head about a few things, but there’s one thing you won’t be able to deny: Kevin Costner is good at what he does, and this does not involve acting well. Since his glory days of the early 90s, when he starred in blockbuster after blockbuster (Dances With Wolves, Field of Dreams and Robin Hood: Prince of Theives), he has accepted many a dismal script and acted poorly in many a mediocre movie. But it is who wins the financial endgame that matters...
Starring Kevin Costner, Kathy Bates, Linda Hunt