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A Perfect World

Malpaso Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

English

Kevin Costner

Clint Eastwood

Laura Dern

T.J. Lowther

Bradley Whitford

Keith Szarabajka

Leo Burmester

Paul Hewitt

Ray McKinnon

Jennifer Griffin

Leslie Flowers

Belinda Flowers

Darryl Cox

Jay Whiteaker

Taylor Suzanna McBride

Christopher Reagan Ammons

Mark Voges

Vernon Grote

James Jeter

Ed Geldart

Bruce McGill

Nik Hagler

Gary Moody

Mary Alice

Wayne Dehart

Kevin Woods

Linda Hart

Connie Cooper

John Hussey

Gabriel Folse

Brandon Smith

Elizabeth Ruscio

David Valdes

Lennie Niehaus

Jack N. Green

Joel Cox

Ron Spang

John Lee Hancock

Mark Johnson

Phyllis Huffman

Henry Bumstead

Jack G. Taylor Jr.

Alan Hicks

Erica Edell Phillips

Norman Howell

Buddy Van Horn

L. Dean Jones Jr.

Bill Bannerman

Liz Keigley

Charlie Vasser

Antoinette J. Gordon

William F. Reynolds

Michael Cipriano

Karon May

Alan Robert Murray

Donald Harris

Sarah Shields

Stephen St. John

Don Reddy

Tony Rivetti Sr.

Gary Jay

John Waldo

John Patrick Smith

Murray Close

Amy Stofsky

Kelly Lindquist

James Lee McCoy

Francisco X. Pérez

Carol A. O'Connell

Elle Elliott

Fríða Aradóttir

Tom Stern

Víctor Pérez

Buzzy Burwell

John Lacy

Charles Saldaña III

Hal Nelson

Antonio V. Garrido

John Frazier

David Amborn

James W. McCormick

Cynthia Streit

Amy Chance

Jeff Kloss

Marco Barla

Edward Aiona

Jeff Wexler

Don Coufal

Les Fresholtz

Rick Alexander

Allen L. Stone

Andy Gill

Brian Smrz

John Robotham

I'm a little split on <em>'A Perfect World'</em>, but one thing that is for certain is that I definitely enjoyed watching it.

The reason that I'm split is because of how it portrays the lead character. I completely get the angle the filmmakers were going for, I'm just not convinced they pull it off. It's fun to watch, but I never once felt a connection to root for Kevin Costner's Butch.

There are many a time where I was just like "Huh?". It shows a number of events that you can tell are supposed to make you connect to Butch, but I just couldn't - he is super unlikeable, like the very first thing we see him do 'on the outside' defines him and the whole film. They could've wrote him in so many different ways, to give him a positive reason for what he does.

Yet, despite that it is entertaining, I cannot deny. I guess what I'm trying to say is that it works as a film for sure, but given it tries (too hard?) to attempt thought-provoking and deeper meaning I think it falls over itself - logically, I couldn't get on board. As a popcorn flick, I'm all in.

P.S. How amusing to see the <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/casper/" rel="nofollow">Casper</a>'</em> connection, given the directing/acting Clint Eastwood would later make a cameo in the live-action film almost two years after this was released.

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T.J. Lowther

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Keith Szarabajka

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