Wordiezett So much average

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

slightlymad22 Continuing my plan to watch every Tom Cruise movie in order, I come to Far & Away (1992)Plot In A Paragraph: A young Irish couple (Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman) flee to the States, but subsequently struggle to obtain land and prosper freely.Cruise teamed up with director Ron Howard for what should be a slam dunk for the the pair of them, but it ends up being a total misfire. It's not all bad, it was a personal project for Howard and nobody can fault Cruise for trying something different, it does look visually impressive, but the story is not that good of believable (so much comes down to chance and coincidence) and the dialogue is poor, as are the accents on display.It takes awhile to get used to the Irish accent coming from Cruise's mouth, who is totally miscast, he was far too old for the role at 30 (he is repeatedly called "boy") but at least he is understandable, which is more than can be for some of the other cast early on. Nicole Kidman (in her second and last movie with her now husband) once again doesn't offer much to her role and Robert Prosky is such a cliché, it's awful to see such a good actor wasted in such a role. In fact the cast may not be the movies biggest problem. Whilst the idea is certainly a decent one, the script is weak and the dialogue is often ridiculous. It does have some things going for it!! As I said earlier it's visually impressive. The Oklahoma land rush is beautifully shot and looks great and has John Williams ever produced a bad score.I had not seen it in 25 years, and I remember a different ending. I won't go in to spoilers, despite the movies age. Far & Away grossed $58 million at the domestic box office, to end the year the 21st highest grossing movie of 1992. His worst performing movie for quite some time. Luckily he didn't have too long to dwell on two under performing movies in a row.

Smoreni Zmaj Terribly underrated movie. Not only that it did not win any awards, but it's nominated for the worst in some categories. People use its historical inaccuracy and too many clichés as arguments against it. So what?! This is not textbook for history but romantic drama/adventure and clichés are part of its genre. Put aside prejudice and too much analyzing and enjoy beautifully told love story with good scenography and awesome landscapes. This movie is exactly what it was supposed to be. Tom Cruise before he became annoying and Nicole in all beauty of her youth have chemistry that won't leave you indifferent. <3

Wuchak Released in 1992 and directed by Ron Howard, "Far and Away" stars Tom Cruise as a young, grieving Irishman, full of spit and vinegar, who leaves for the new world with his landlord's daughter (Nicole Kidman). After arriving in Boston they acquire jobs with Joseph (Cruise) moonlighting as a bare-hands boxer. Eventually, the girl's parents and Joseph's nemesis arrive from Ireland looking for her (Robert Prosky, Barbara Babcock & Thomas Gibson). The story ends with the Oklahoma land rush of 1893. There was a lot of hype surrounding this movie when it was released in '92 and I found myself somewhat disappointed by it at the theater. Seeing it again almost 25 years later, I like it a lot better, probably because I'm mature and this is a movie that appeals more to adults because it's not a conventional Western, but rather a historical drama/adventure/western/romance. The opening is still weak, but once Joseph leaves his Irish homestead (around the 12-15 minute mark) the movie captured my interest and never let up till the end.I appreciate that the romance is a slow-build and there's no premature sex sequence. In lesser hands they would've been copulating at the half-hour mark. Instead, we observe Joseph tastefully fantasizing about Shannon (Nicole) in the third act. Michelle Johnson as one of the dancing girls is a highlight and IMHO significantly more beautiful than the overrated Kidman. I was pleasantly surprised by how good this movie is. The film runs 140 minutes and was shot in Ireland; Billings, Montana (the land rush); and Oklahoma.GRADE: B+

petra_ste "His best friend is a talking pie!" "Sold! Howard, you've done it again!" (cue Happy Days theme) from The SimpsonsI didn't have such terrible memories of Far and Away, last seen when I was little more than a kid - probably for a number of factors, including John Williams' slick soundtrack, Enya's memorable Book of Days, my schoolboy crush for the young and radiant redhead Nicole Kidman... and mostly for the premise of the Oklahoma Land Rush, a fascinating topic.Watching it as an adult, Far and Away is bad. Being a Ron Howard movie, emotions register with the subtlety of a stampede of buffaloes; the camera swoops around emphatically, rotates, takes flight; character moments are corny, comedic scenes juvenile. People complain about, say, Spielberg's populism and lack of sophistication... but, compared to Howard, good ol' Steven is as thematically dense and thought-provoking as Stanley Kubrick.Kidman and Cruise, who later became competent (in Kidman's case even great) performers, here are just coasting on their looks. Cruise in particular attempts an Irish accent which sounds like he has a moribund but petulant leprechaun stuck in his larynx.4/10