Kevin Costner, Susanna Thompson, Joe Morton, Ron Rifkin, Kathy Bates ...( see more  see more... ) , Robert Bailey Jr. , Jacob Smith

"Belief gets us there," explains nun Linda Hunt to grieving widower Kevin Costner, an emergency room doctor whose ordered world is startled by "messages" from his dead wife. She's talking about the jo...( read more  read more... )urney from life to death, but it describes the doctor's road from fact to faith equally well as he puzzles out the otherworldly events of his life. Costner's mourning comes off less lost and sad than simply emotionless and inert, but he finds good support from Kathy Bates as his sassy neighbor. Her appearances, along with a few startling horror-movie-type shocks, energize a film otherwise shrouded in loss, grief, and the hushed mood of supernatural spookiness. It's like a fusing of Ghost, The Sixth Sense, and The Mothman Prophecies, a New Age melodrama in a sentimental key that works through a rather contrived mystic mystery to a glowing climax. This is less a ghost story than a modern twist on the old-fashioned miracle. --Sean Axmaker

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PG-13, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Tom Shadyac

Release Date: February 22, 2002

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DVD Release Date: July 30, 2002

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  • January 30, 2009
    a very workable watchable film moving from modern chicagoland hospitals to the jungles of venezula, a tale of love that at first questions a doctor's sanity only to later prove to remarkably trancend the uncrossable divide, even death.
  • January 4, 2009
    I really wanted to like this movie more. The supernatural aspect of this thriller was interesting but the unrealistic medical scenes blew it for me. This movie was also rather predictable and ending sucked.
  • October 30, 2008
    I have really had it up to HERE with jump scares. My days of being impressed by loud sudden sounds are over, as is my capacity to appreciate this film. Dragonfly comes too close on the heels of The Mothman Prophecies to be considered novel, and too badly handles to be very entert...( read more)aining. The story itself was not half bad, but it would have sustained a short film better than a feature. This film gets extra points for the unique ending, though. I have to admit that I've never seen anything like it in horror.
  • March 24, 2008
    Dragonfly was a very unique film with Kevin Costner. Kevin plays a husband whom looses his wive in a foregin land. Costner starts to get messages from his dead wife and starts to have many odd experiences. This is a very interesting film to check out.
  • January 1, 2008
    This was a very interesting film. Supernatural and intense, very meaningful and Kevin Costner is remarkable. Emotional film which leaves an after taste for thought.
  • January 24, 2010
    Me encantan estos temas.
  • January 20, 2010
    very weird...definitely not one of my favorite kevin costner films
  • January 18, 2010
    Kevin Costner, Susanna Thompson, Joe Morton, Ron Rifkin, Kathy Bates ...( see more ) , Robert Bailey Jr. , Jacob Smith

    "Belief gets us there," explains nun Linda Hunt to grieving widower Kevin Costner, an emergency room doctor whose ordered world is startled by "messages" f...( read more)rom his dead wife. She's talking about the jo...( read more )urney from life to death, but it describes the doctor's road from fact to faith equally well as he puzzles out the otherworldly events of his life. Costner's mourning comes off less lost and sad than simply emotionless and inert, but he finds good support from Kathy Bates as his sassy neighbor. Her appearances, along with a few startling horror-movie-type shocks, energize a film otherwise shrouded in loss, grief, and the hushed mood of supernatural spookiness. It's like a fusing of Ghost, The Sixth Sense, and The Mothman Prophecies, a New Age melodrama in a sentimental key that works through a rather contrived mystic mystery to a glowing climax. This is less a ghost story than a modern twist on the old-fashioned miracle. --Sean Axmaker



    this is a must see movie, i enjoyed it and sure i'd watch it again.
  • November 13, 2009
    Interesting, like a mistery...
  • October 22, 2009
    The ending is extremely cute and heartwarming. Although, the film itself isn't entirely perfect and slow in parts. The supernatural aspect about it and the plot behind is pretty moving and tense, not predictable and Kevin Costner pulls of a great performance!

Critic Reviews


February 22, 2002
Claudia Puig, USA Today

While the themes sound intriguing, the movie lacks the necessary clarity of vision. full review

February 22, 2002
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

... where The Sixth Sense radiated intelligence and style, Dragonfly exudes a certain whiff of desperation. full review

February 22, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

The thriller is only thrilling enough to kill the movie's romantic mood, while the romance just makes Dragonfly seem meandering and inert. full review

February 22, 2002
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

As thrillers go, this one, with a peskily insistent score, weepy-timbred voice-overs, and telegraphed 'twist' ending, is mighty unthrilling. full review

February 21, 2002
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

There are deeply religious and spiritual people in this world who would argue that entering a church, synagogue or temple doesn't mean you have to check your brain at the door. The same should go for ... full review

February 21, 2002
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

As the movie dragged on, I thought I heard a mysterious voice, and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign. I have returned from the beyond to warn you: this movie ... full review

February 14, 2002
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Shadyac, who belongs with the damned for perpetrating Patch Adams, trots out every ghost trick from The Sixth Sense to The Mothman Prophecies. full review

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Comments


  • nayita23
    June 13, 2008
    żEs cierto que el final se rodó en Venezuela?
  • lilstar100
    July 25, 2007
    i want to see it
  • AGerardWayRomance
    March 1, 2007
    i think the creepyest part is where he packes his cas and turns his bk and wen he turns bak round the clothes r bk in the closet and the ghost leaves a note sayin dont leave.its kinda sad n scary in parts 2
  • pgarza08
    February 3, 2007
    I watched this a while ago. It was sort of scary but not really! Just watch it 'till the end you'll get it.

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