Dragonfly (2002)

What makes it different from others?

Good start, but then it gets ruined

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Dragonfly is an uneven supernatural thriller starring Kevin Costner who plays a bereaved husband Dr Joe Darrow whose pregnant wife Emily was killed in a bus accident while working for the Red Cross in Venezuela.Joe becomes convinced that somehow his wife is trying to contact him from the other side. This includes a dragonfly paperweight that suddenly rolls off a table and his wife's patients in hospital who are kids being treated for cancer claiming to have been contacted by her.Joe's friends become concerned that he is going mad and his hospital bosses want him to go on extended leave.Director Tom Shadyac resorts to horror film style jolts and suspense. However as Joe's behaviour becomes erratic we just end up thinking much early on why does he just not go to Venezuela to find closure especially as his wife's body was never recovered.Of course eventually that is what Joe does leading to a sentimental and a not very surprising ending.Costner is in his element by putting another maudlin performance but the film becomes too corny and mawkish too often.

I did not expect such a deep, concrete and technically sharp filmed film from Tom Shadyac, although I'm a great fan. Kevin Costner's interpretation of the character development of Dr. Joe is incredible. The suspense, thrill, drama and romance combination of genre Keeps the viewer at the edge of the seat, although there are a few scenes not needed but do not affect the film as a whole. The camera work as well as the lighting and score of the film, helps the viewer submerge into the emotions of the film really easy, and creates a roller coaster of emotions with an extraordinary ending. The theme of the film is very interesting and leaves thoughts in one's mind. Over all the film was enjoyable and recommendable.

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.

There's a lot of buildup in "Dragonfly" starring Kevin Costner, Kathy Bates, and Susanna Thompson. On the whole too much buildup likely. The movie is depending on the viewer's lack of smarts not to catch some not so subtle hints. It keeps on pounding us over the head with inane "clues" and a baffled Kevin Costner who becomes kind of obsessed. Is the movie good? Not really. It has an ending which stretches too much, (spoiler) and the paranormal gags seem to be something akin to parlor tricks more or less. The whipped together ending (read epilogue) was way too hasty with trite narration thrown in for good measure, even though the buildup remained somewhat interesting for the first 3rd. Additionally the music is plainly unoriginal and awful, totally by the numbers. So not really recommended but you could do worse.