One of the great films - Dances With Wolves Reviews

KEVIN COSTNER 19 MONTHS APART,FIRST IN "FIELD OF DREAMS"SPRING OF 1989 AND THEN AGAIN WITH "DANCES WITH WOLVES" PULLS OFF A UNIQUE CINEMA ACHEIVEMENT TWO MOVIES QUITE DIFFERENT IN ALMOST EVERY RESPECT,AND MORE TO THE POINT TWO OF THE FIVE GREAT FILMS OF ALL TIME.IN DANCES ALONG WITH COSTNERS BRILLIANT PORTRAYL OF LT.JOHN DUNBAR AND HIS FIRST RATE JOB OF DIRECTING WHAT MANY HOLLYWOOD INSIDERS LAUGHINGLY WERE CALLING EVERYTHING FROM HEAVENS GATE II DUE TO REPORTED COST OVERUNS TO ON THE OTHERHAND "DANCES WITH SUBTITLES" A REFERENCE TO USE OF THE LAKOTA SOUIX LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES ON THE SCREEN IN A 3HR PLUS MOVIE...NEVER WORK.WELL ALONG WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM JOHN BARRY WHO PUT TOGTHER A WONDERIOUS FILM SCORE TO MATCH THE BREATHTAKING CINNEMAPHOTOGRAPHY,A SWEEPING STORY THAT BEGINS ON A CIVAL WAR BATTLEFRONT IN TENNESSE AND HEADS WEST.A OUTSTANDING TURN BY MUCH RESPECTED BUT RELATIVELY UNKNOWN THEATREICAL ACTRESS MARY MCDONNELL,ALONG WITH STRONG ACTING INCLUDING GRAHAME GREENE AND ROGNEY GRANT ROUND OUT A FILM WITH NO WEAKNESS.THIS FILM WHEN IT OPENED THANKSGIVING OF 1990 WAS PLAYING TO PACKED THEATERS AND UNDERSTANDABLY SO.