Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

SnoopyStyle Joe Darrow (Kevin Costner) loses his doctor wife Emily (Susanna Thompson) while working charity in Central America. He's haunted and her body is not found. Then he receives a Dragonfly Mobile in the mail ordered by Emily. He had conflicted with her about going. While working at the hospital, Joe encounters Jeffrey who comes back from the dead. He was Emily's patient from before and claims to have had afterlife visions. Then another kid Ben claims to have visions of the lady doctor. There are drawings of a wiggly cross. Sister Madeline had worked with the kids about their after-death experiences.It's a good ghost story but it does lack tension. There isn't anything scary in this. This is strictly a mystery and not a very mysterious one at that. There are no big twists and turns. Costner does a little too much overacting but there isn't much else that he could do with the material.

shadow8pro For some reason IMDb declares it necessary that any review contain a minimum of ten lines of commentary. Frankly, this film doesn't deserve the attention that much effort would entail. But allowing this film to go without comment would be unfair to anyone who may potentially waste two hours of their life on this tripe, and really, that's what it is. Kevin Costner has trod this ground before, and in an infinitely better manner, in Field of Dreams. Loss and redemption are themes familiar in a lot of movies, and for good reason. No thinking person has experienced the former without deeply considering the latter. Deep consideration is something that is apparently beyond the people responsible for this, um, effort.A films should have themes, subtext, meaning beyond what the characters say. This doesn't even come close. Hell, the stated message of this movie isn't even much of a message. Simply states, this movie is, in the most succinct way I can state it, unbridled pablum.

froberts73 I knew not what to expect, but what I got was a totally enthralling film that kept my eyes on the screen through the entire run. The subject is fascinating, whether or not you believe, and the story was 100% riveting. I had to pee and didn't even get up.Costner, as usual, is a winning actor and had a lot to carry in this film. The movie was especially interesting to me since I was literally 'dead' for about 3 minutes after a heart attack in'03. As far as I can remember, I saw nothing.So, the movie was a reminder but, with or without such an experience, it is a winner, a story well told and the scenery, and people in the final scenes were thoroughly convincing.As one reviewer noted, the picture doesn't end when you thought it would and, as excellent as this movie is, it was even better at the end.As you noted I gave it a 10, only because we can't go any higher.

ctomvelu1 Kevin Costner keeps this SIXTH SENSE/STIR OF ECHOES retread from self-destructing. A doctor who has lost his wife starts getting messages from her through some of his patients. And the image of a dragonfly starts popping up everywhere. Eventually, the good doctor decides to retrace his wife's steps, which took her to the Amazon, where she went to do something saintly with some natives. The film is slow-going, and it seems to take forever to get to the action, which has Cosnet visiting a forbidden village deep in the jungle. The ending will stun most viewers, and is worth the wait. Those who do not like Costner, steer clear, of course. After all, this is the guy who made the despicable WATERWORLD and dreary ROBIN HOOD. But he also made FIELD OF DREAMS, THE POSTMAN and OPEN RANGE. So give the guy a break, please!