Fearless (1993)

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• Ken S

  
  Great central performance by Bridges. It's a shame this hasn't gotten a proper DVD release. It's a TRAVESTY that's it's only available in pan & scan.

• J P

  
  Really this movie is at 86%? I had to watch it in psych class the other day, and I thought it was prettyyy boring. I also wasn't really paying attention either. Movies like this don't interest me.

• Lorenzo v

  
  <i>"Some people are afraid of nothing."</i> A man's personality is dramatically changed after surviving a major airline crash. <center><font size=+2 face="Century… More
  <i>"Some people are afraid of nothing."</i> A man's personality is dramatically changed after surviving a major airline crash. <center><font size=+2 face="Century Schoolbook"><b><u>REVIEW</u></b></font></center> Powerful and inspirational depiction of the human spirit's quest for closure. After surviving a terrible airplane crash, Max Klein (Bridges in arguably the performance of his career) finds himself in a state of near nirvana as he assumes he's untouchable in the realm of death, until he learns of another survivor (Rosie Perez in her Oscar-nominated poignant role), nearly catatonic due to the death of her infant in the aftermath. Ethereal and genuinely moving with some unexpecting moments of humor and unabashed honesty. Features one of the more realistic airplane crashes in film history and a hypnotic score. Excellent direction by Peter Weir and screenplay adaptation by Rafael Yglesias based on his novel. Memorable scene: Car test with U2 on the soundtrack. Hypnotic.

• Curtis L

  
  Didn't hold my attention too well, but good enough. Rosie Perez has got to be the absolute most annoying person in the world, so that counts against the movie big time. But, I did really like the end.

• Jens S

  
  A man survives a plane crash and has problems coping with every day life and his family afterwards, thinking he is indestructible. Outstanding acting performances, a moving and touching yet unsentimental plot; plus two of the most staggering scenes ever: the way Bridges is trying to… More
  A man survives a plane crash and has problems coping with every day life and his family afterwards, thinking he is indestructible. Outstanding acting performances, a moving and touching yet unsentimental plot; plus two of the most staggering scenes ever: the way Bridges is trying to convince fellow survivor Perez that it wasn't her fault that her baby got killed and the amazing last minutes with the flashback to the most disturbing plane crash scene ever. A shame so few people know of this masterpiece.

• Drew S

  
  Just as God seems to be playing with Jeff Bridges, Fearless plays with its viewers in just about every conceivable way. You can learn to love characters who you hated just five minutes before. You can take their completely irrational decisions, turn them over in your head and realize… More
  Just as God seems to be playing with Jeff Bridges, Fearless plays with its viewers in just about every conceivable way. You can learn to love characters who you hated just five minutes before. You can take their completely irrational decisions, turn them over in your head and realize that maybe they were thinking about it more than you were aware. You can see people do stupid things that completely touch you. Just as Jeff Bridges's life gets flipped around, so too will your perceptions. Fearless is a really great movie because of that; because it can jerk you around and not make you feel at all cheated. Compared to The Game, which I watched yesterday and which left me feeling completely robbed, this movie is so rational and realistic in its madness; it is totally believable. It's not a question of whether the writing, the acting or the cinematography contribute to this...because it's simply all three. Fearless is almost perfectly harmonized. Though it is fatally underappreciated and unheard of, it doesn't make it any less great. This is a look at human emotion on a completely different, unique level. Peter Weir outdid himself with this one.

• Lafe F

  
  Jeff Bridges survives an ugly plane crash at the beginning of this movie, which leads him becoming fearless. A few things are learned along the way, but I couldn't get into it much.

• xGary X

  
  Another of Jeff Bridges' interesting career choices as a plane crash survivor suffering psychological after effects of his experience helps grieving mother Rosie Perez deal with her loss in an extremely unconventional way. It obviously suffered from studio interference (they… More
  Another of Jeff Bridges' interesting career choices as a plane crash survivor suffering psychological after effects of his experience helps grieving mother Rosie Perez deal with her loss in an extremely unconventional way. It obviously suffered from studio interference (they thought manic depression would be far more fun without the depression....) but has a great cast, and is sensitively directed by Peter Weir.

• Barry L

  
  Very odd but written well.

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