Far and Away

Far and Away (1992)

  • 50% of critics liked it
    (24 reviews)

  • 60% of users liked it
    (58,690 ratings)

In this epic Ron Howard film, Joseph Donelly (Tom Cruise) is an impoverished 19th-century Irish tenant farmer who has recently lost both his father and his home to the agents of his unscrupulous landlord. On a mission to avenge his family's injustice at the hands of the ruthless land baron… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Genres
Drama, Romance, Classics
In Theaters
May 22, 1992 Wide
On DVD
Jun 23, 1998
MCA Universal Home Video

Critic Reviews

  • Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com

    It's like three sticks of bubblegum squeezed together, providing big flavor and plenty to chew for 140 minutes of tribute and old-fashioned spectacle.

  • Heather Boerner, Common Sense Media

    Intense, treacly Cruise-Kidman immigrant epic.

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    Poorly written and simplistically acted, the film also shows little chemistry between real-life couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.

  • Clint Morris, Moviehole

    An enjoyable, highly-romantic, somewhat witty film

  • Michael H. Price, Fort Worth Business Press

    Overblown would-be epic of the Western frontier.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Alice S


    This might have been one of the first movies I had ever seen, so my eight-year-old, limited-English-speaking self enjoyed it at least. Upon rewatch, I was disappointed to find its total puke-in-my-potato-and-leek-soup schlock-value. The stereotypical, opposites attract characters -… More

  • Sophie B


    I really wonder why on earth this was made. Absolutely terrible. Not only were the main two miscast, their accents were atrocious and the script seemed to have been a first draft written by a over-zealous newbie. Far too long and so boring I was close to falling asleep. The only thing… More

  • Universal D


    The Irish take part in the Oklahoma Land Rush with Cruise and Kidman our representative couple, she from the landed gentry and he one of her father's tenant farmers. Can they put aside their class differences in time? Not a bad fantasy if overly manipulative. There… More

  • Kase V


    Ron Howard's 'Far and Away' is nothing different than other films you've seen before in this genre. It feels neither fresh or revolutionary. However, Cruise and Kidman turn in enjoyable performances and are able to heighten the entertainment the script sometimes… More

  • Cassandra M


    The year is 1892 and Irish immigrants Joseph Donnelly (Tom Cruise) and Shannon (Nicole Kidman) have arrived at a shipping port in Boston, greeted by enticing faces who offer them jobs and safety...for a price. Joseph has used Shannon to help cross the Atlantic; there's a long… More

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