A supernatural mystery that doesn't know whether it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama. It ends up being neither, and fails at both endeavors.
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02/22/02
Dragonfly (2002)
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Reviews Counted:121
Fresh:8
Rotten:113
Average Rating:3.6/10
Consensus: Sappy, dull, and muddled, Dragonfly is too melancholic and cliched to generate much suspense.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $30,063,805
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Reviews for Dragonfly
81 - 100 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Kevin Costner's new vehicle is not just bad, but somehow, simultaneously preposterous and banal.
02/22/02
The only way this supernatural snore-fest could give anyone a case of the frights is if they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare.
02/22/02
Seen in a million other movies before, but done much better, with better actors, better stories and better twists and turns.
02/22/02
employs cheap trickery in place of real thrills
02/22/02
Shoot the director, the writers and the star for this turkey.
02/22/02
A misguided supernatural thriller, it's Ghost masquerading as Poltergeist.
02/22/02
Beautifully conveys how great gifts can be hidden in death and how they can bear fruit in our lives if we only have the patience and the faith to let them unfold.
02/22/02
Sappy, mechanical tripe.
02/22/02
It plods along methodically, somehow under the assumption that its “dead wife communicating from beyond the grave” framework is even remotely new or interesting.
02/21/02
I'm not sure which half of Dragonfly is worse: The part where nothing's happening, or the part where something's happening, but it's stupid.
02/21/02
It's despicable in the same way that TV psychic John Edward is, preying on anguish and plastering it over with a Band-Aid.
02/21/02
Dragonfly is predictable squared and crammed full of laughably bad dialogue, with every 'frightening' moment coming directly from the dog-eared Textbook of Film Horror.
02/21/02
Alternates from marginally predictable to mildly engrossing.
02/21/02
... a weak and ineffective ghost story without a conclusion or pay off.
02/21/02
It is most of the things Costner movies are known for; it's sanctimonious, self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it.
02/21/02
But does a movie about near-death experiences have to put the audience through one?
02/21/02
... reasonably compelling ...
02/21/02
... like a clever idea in concept, but unfortunately falls flat on its face.
02/21/02
There are deeply religious and spiritual people in this world who would argue that entering a church, synagogue or temple doesn't mean you have to check your brain at the door. The same should go for movie theaters.
02/21/02
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