Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

g-bodyl The Milagro Beanfield War is a fascinating, very entertaining film that surprised me when I found out how little known this film was even though it was directed by Robert Redford, whom is a very prolific actor and director. I liked how this film has a penchant for pretty sunrises and sunsets and I feel like it adds to the film. Is this a political film? It could be because it certainly has political overtones, but I was more entertained than politically guided with this film.Robert Redford's film is about a small town in New Mexico where it's predominated by Hispanics and Catholics. There is this one man named Joe Mondragon who illegally uses water to irrigate his beanfield and does what he can to protect it against the interests of big business.This film surprised me by having the acting it's best asset. I haven't heard of half of the cast, but they do a great job. There are several I've heard of such as John Heard, Christopher Walken, and Daniel Stern and I think they do a pretty good job. To be honest, I thought Stern would be funnier here since he is known as a funnyman.Overall, The Milagro Beanfield War is a vastly underrated film. It can be pretty funny at times without being too overly dramatic. It takes a while to get hooked into the film, but eventually you'll not want this film not to be ovefr. Not only does it have a good story, it's pretty to look at thanks to some fine cinematography and has a wonderful score by Dave Grusin. I think more people should get to see this film because it's very good. I rate this film 9/10.

Michael Neumann The word milagro means miracle, but don't expect any from this artificial staging of author John Nichols' comic Southwestern fable about a poor farmer in a sleepy mountain village who challenges a network of greedy real estate tycoons hoping to plunder the pristine New Mexican countryside. It's ironic that such an outspoken champion of independent filmmaking would produce and direct such a trite and simplistic movie, affecting a fanciful, light-hearted tone even while it falls victim to emotional and dramatic overkill. The issues are presented in a transparent conflict between noble, good-natured small town folk and evil ecological rapists, carrying an idealistic message wielded with all the grace and subtlety of a giant rubber mallet. The northern New Mexico scenery is postcard perfect, but everything in the foreground (characters, dialogue, and plot) is coated with enough sugary sentiment to make even the most dedicated liberal feel queasy.

danappofc I have been reading IMDb reviews for several months, but this is the first time I have felt a need to add one of my own. This is mostly a response to the detractors of this film. Since Milagro is one of my favourite movies I have ever seen, I was amazed at the vitriol it inspired in some people. At first it made me angry -- but then, it just made me sad to know that so many people are so ignorant of real life, and of the magical realities that exist in this mundane world. This film is probably the most real film about the most real people I have ever seen. Fat, rich, and greedy white men do indeed oppress good people of colour and limited means all over the world all the time, and I suspect that the critic's vitriol had its base in the fact that this movie so effectively portrays this oppression. To anyone who wants an inspiring, witty, funny, and heartfelt story about the 'little man' who successfully stands up to the Machine, this movie is a must see.

JoeytheBrit This is one of those intelligent slow-moving tales with almost no commercial potential that somehow find themselves being made thanks to the involvement of a major star or director – Robert Redford in this case, who just happens to be both a major actor and director. The plot is fairly thin, but Redford's more interested in developing character and admiring the scenery as he does so. There's a mix of Hollywood types (Walken, Heard, Griffith, etc) and lesser-known actors, and you'd expect the bigger names to look out of place. They do look different from the town-folk of Milagro, to be sure, but, for the most part they're supposed to. Walken is a cop drafted in by land developers to step on the minor irritation initially provided by a nothing farmer when he almost inadvertently diverts water that doesn't belong to him to grow the beans that cause the frictions between the townspeople and the developers to come to a head; Heard is an outcast from the city, a 60s radical and former lawyer preciously licking his wounds in a place where he thinks trouble can't find him. They're both good, as you'd expect, but they can't compete with the fascinating character contained in the lined and sun-baked faces of the locals.It's almost a fable, this story, with some mystical elements that don't always sit comfortably with other aspects of the tale. Most of these are provided by the hermit-like old neighbour of Joe Mandragon, the film's protagonist, who holds conversations with a long-dead brother who casts shadows on walls. Richard Bradford is quite memorable as the chief bad guy, a slick white-haired type. The townspeople should be allied against him but, even as the beanfield farmer makes a stand they are too apathetic and blinkered to do so. They can't believe bad things will happen to them until they do. Had they shown a little more resolve they would have found that the people plotting to destroy their village in the process of developing a leisure resort really aren't that clever themselves – it's only their own listlessness – even Mondragon wavers when the developers offer him some construction work – that puts them in the position they find themselves.Two minor weak points: Chick Vennerra as Mondragon has a tendency to overact at times and Daniel Stern as a stranded sociology major seems almost completely superfluous to the plot.