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The Postman (1997)
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Falling from the Oscar-winning glory of Dances with Wolves to the opposite end of the critical and box-office scale, Kevin Costner must have been deeply humbled when this three-hour postapocalyptic tale--his sophomore effort as a director--was greeted with a critical thrashing and tepid audience response. One of the most conspicuous flops of its decade, the 1997 release must have seemed like a sure thing on paper: a kind of futurist Western starring Costner as a charismatic drifter-turned-hero who leads the resistance against a military tyrant (Will Patton) by reviving the long-dormant postal system to reunite isolated communities in...
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| The Postman Movie Review by Ben (12/24/2007) |
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Ah, here we have. The cinematic disaster that undid Kevin Costner from Hollywood's A-list. It was the "Kevin's Gate" that many thought his Oscar winning "Dances With Wolves" would be. It was dubbed "Dirtworld" by many in joking reference to that other post apocalyptic movie he did before this one. You'd think that after...
(complete The Postman review by Ben)
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