Always

Always (1989)

  • 64% of critics liked it
    (22 reviews)

  • 57% of users liked it
    (22,071 ratings)

For all its state-of-the-art special effects, Always is essentially a remake of the 1943 Spencer Tracy-Irene Dunne fantasy vehicle A Guy Named Joe--minus the wartime context. Richard Dreyfuss stars as a reckless fire-fighting pilot who is killed in what was to have been his final mission. Ascending… More

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PG,
Directed By
Written By
Jerry Belson, Dalton Trumbo
Genres
Drama, Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Dec 22, 1989 Wide
MCA Universal Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    Although Always is filled with big, sentimental moments, it lacks the intimacy to make any of this very moving.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    The result is a curiosity: a remake that wasn't remade enough.

  • Rita Kempley, Washington Post

    An unfulfilled promise, a plummeting dove.

  • Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

    For all its Spielbergian action and production values, the film is painfully sappy and wastes its A-list cast by saddling them with a hamfisted script.

  • Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)

    Whimsical and affecting enough, but certainly a lesser Spielberg film.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jens S


    Undeservedly somewhat forgotten Spielberg film that still has many wonders to offer, telling a great love story from beyond the grave. The great director's trademarks are there. Hints of the adventure film, great cinematography and just this certain feeling 1980s films can give… More

  • Chris W


    This is Spielberg at his most Capra-esque. This is perhaps Spielberg's least well known feature, but that is, perhaps, because it's unfortunately not all that memorable. As far as story goes, it is, in broad terms, Ghost a year before it came out. An aerial firefighter dies… More

  • Ken S


    While there are some really fun moments, Always feels like about 3 different movies mashed together. The first twenty five minutes are really enjoyable and then it starts to wander around it's story and never gets back on it's feet.

  • Summer W


    There was Ghost, but first, there was Always. It's actually Stephen Spielberg's loose remake of a 1944 film, but this movie is magical. It's funny, it's exciting, it's emotionally charged...it's Spielberg.

  • danny d


    sad but very good

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