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	Dragonfly - a Movie Review of The Phantom Tollbooth
		The dragonfly, the insect and symbol his wife intimately adopted as her own, is mysteriously etched on the skin of their newborn baby daughter.
		Of particular importance is the manner in which the movie metaphorically juxtaposes the symbols of dragonfly and crucifix.
		Above all else, the movie, Dragonfly, serves the possibly unintended function of resurrecting a dialogue that should never die, especially in the post 9/11 age, the age of fear.
	www.tollbooth.org /2002/movies/dragonfly.html (640 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "Dragonfly" review (2002) Tom Shadyac, Kevin Costner
		Dragonflies -- a bug with which his beloved felt a spirit-animal connection -- start banging against the windows of his spooky old house (with its unreliable lamps and looming, shadowy trees).
		"Dragonfly" has a good hook in discovering this untapped niche within the twisty-plot ghost story genre, and while Shadyac depends too heavily on the film's jump-inducing score as a cattle prod to push the chills, the fact is the chills are there.
		As the climax draws near, "Dragonfly" becomes even more blunt as the apparent ghost of Joe's wife develops an affinity for cartography, revealing one of the film's central clues to be both annoyingly arbitrary and ludicrously literal.
	www.splicedonline.com /02reviews/dragonfly.html (863 words)

	Dragonfly
		A dragonfly shaped birthmark on Emily's shoulder had become her symbol, so Joe begins to see them everywhere.
		A dragonfly paperweight inexplicably rolls across the floor in the middle of the night.
		"Dragonfly" is no exception for the actor who uses a pained expression to show emotional loss and grief.
	www.reelingreviews.com /dragonfly.htm (1292 words)

	Dragonfly (2002) Movie Review - The Hollywood News
		Darrow is reaching for Joe from beyond the grave via strange occurrences involving child patients at the hospital, and a mysterious shape that resembles a dragonfly.
		Dragonfly was directed by Tom Shadyac, a film maker known for spastic Jim Carrey vehicles.
		Dragonfly deals with themes of love, loss and death, but it's lack of dramatic scope keep it from reaching it's goal.
	www.thehollywoodnews.com /reviews/archive/2002/dragonfly.php (371 words)

	Entertainment Ave! The Movie Theater - A movie review of Dragonfly.
		The problem with "Dragonfly" isn’t that it is a bad movie, I think it’s just that it tries too hard to push this message of Doctor Joe getting a message from beyond.
		Costner does his best to pull of the role, but as the movie became more of a joke than something I could take seriously, well, it was almost too bad his performance was wasted, as well as that of Kathy Bates as his lawyer/neighbor, trying to help Joe through his wife’s death.
		The movie went for cheap "shock-factor" things, like the little boy, dead on the table, suddenly opening his eyes, and it really didn’t need to because the story was already there.
	www.entertainmentavenue.com /movie_theater/d/dragonfly/dragonfly.htm (530 words)

	Dragonfly Movie Review
		The movie made a pile of money, but it was the first time his star became tarnished.
		I also liked the little clues the filmmakers leave throughout the movie as to what really happened to Joe's wife and why she is haunting him now.
		I am sure Dragonfly will draw many comparisons (both fair and unfair) with The Sixth Sense and The Others, but the film is less about frights and shocking plot twists, and more about one man's search for the truth and his journey towards faith.
	www.angelfire.com /journal2/livewire/dragonflyreview.htm (1073 words)

	Dragonfly
		Dragonfly is the latest bad movie (after the bad 3000 Miles to Graceland and good Thirteen Days) for him and feels like its trying to coast on the success of movies like The Sixth Sense.
		Emily's 'avatar' was a dragonfly, since she had a birthmark shaped like one on her shoulder.
		He comes to believe that she is trying to reach out to him, and he needs to find a way to contact her.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/dragonfly.html (497 words)

	Dragonfly - Review - Moviefone
		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 is 90 minutes long, and life is too short.
		I am a movie lover and love lots of movies, but I have to admit that this is one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen.
	movies.aol.com /movie/dragonfly/10849/reviews (553 words)

	"Dragonfly" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		This is one of several chunks of philosophy that Dragonfly invites its viewers to swallow.
		Dragonfly is a better-than-average matinee flic, but one you could wait to rent.
		All in all this movie, to me, and the other girls i was with (ages 15 and 16) was very good.
	www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2002/dragonfly.html (1482 words)

	Dragonfly (2002). Movie reviews by Dr. Edwin Jahiel. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		I even liked him in "Dragonfly." He plays doctor Joe Darrow in a Chicago hospital to which he commutes from his home in, I believe, Evanston, Illinois.
		The movie makes it explicit that Dr. Joe is not a believer in the hereafter.
		Instead, the movie joins the bandwagon of gauche supernatural pictures whose only virtue (for those who concoct them) is box-office revenue.
	www.prairienet.org /ejahiel/dragonfly.htm (553 words)

	Dragonfly
		So now we have his latest endeavor, Dragonfly, which is supposed to be a supernatural type of suspense thriller, which is different than Costner’s previous roles.
		You also learn from the trailer and movie that dragonflies were Emily’s thing, and now they start appearing everywhere to Joe.
		The main thing I remember about the movie was that the film is just rather dark, especially the hospital where you know that in real life they keep all the rooms well lit (except those little chapels).
	www.about-movies.com /movies/2002/dragonfly.htm (602 words)

	Dragonfly: Movie-Source.com Dragonfly Movie, Dragonfly Preview, Dragonfly Review
		Dragonfly is his latest effort to reclaim his career, and while it won't do anything to help him, it won't do anything to hurt him, either.
		Dragonfly is about a doctor who is trying to deal with the death of his wife.
		Dragonfly by and large is not a bad movie, but when all is said and done, there is nothing really exciting about it.
	www.movie-source.com /movie_page.asp?movieID=360 (756 words)

	Laramie Movie Scope: Dragonfly
		The DVD of the movie, due for release on July 30, shows that the director of the film saw the wreck coming, and despite heroic and expensive efforts, was unable to rescue the film.
		One of the things he mentions he wished he would have done is add more false clues at the beginning of the film to make it harder to guess the film's secret.
		The makings of a good movie are there, but it needed to be punched up a lot more than it was.
	www.lariat.org /AtTheMovies/dvd/dragonfly.html (1440 words)

	The Popkorn Junkie :: Dragon Fly
		The entire plot of the film is basically his attempt to find out why his wife is trying to communicate with him.
		There is a good cast involved, and a veteran director in Tom Shadyac, but this movie falls flat on its ass from the very beginning and has no hope of ever recovering.
		By the time it was over, I had developed a deep rooted loathing for the dragonfly.
	popkornjunkie.com /reviews/dragonfly.html (396 words)

	Dragonfly Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		But Dragonfly fails as a thriller for two reasons: First, Thompson (and the script) convey Emily as a beautiful, blond living saint who truly loved her husband — which makes her about as threatening as the dragonfly birthmark on her back.
		But more at the heart of the matter is the fact that it feels like Shadyac and writers David Seltzer, Brandon Camp, and Mike Thompson shoe-horned the scary scenes into the movie in an attempt to make it more than it is: a drama about grief, death, and spiritual connections.
		Dragonfly would have perhaps been more compelling as a thoughtful reflection on spirituality (provided it didn't turn into a What Dreams May Come sap-fest) than as a "scary" movie packed with forced shocks.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=134285 (741 words)

	Dragonfly (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Overall, I found the story very interesting and it survives the mediocrity of dialog and implausibility of the doctor's behavior at the hospital.
		The movie is even better on the second viewing.
		I have seen this movie and would like to comment on it
	www.imdb.com /Title?0259288 (494 words)

	deseretnews.com - Movie review: Dragonfly \| Deseret Morning News Web edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Despite the rather misleading advertisements and trailers that suggest "Dragonfly" is the next "Sixth Sense," this one isn't the least bit scary.
		The only way this supernatural snore-fest could give anyone a case of the frights is if they were put to sleep by the movie and had a nightmare.
		"Dragonfly" is rated PG-13 for scattered use of profanity, brief violence (a violent restraint, as well as a natural disaster), a brief and fairly discreet sex scene and brief gore.
	deseretnews.com /movies/view/1,1257,265000099,00.html (405 words)

	Horror Movie Review \| Dragonfly (2002) Kevin Costner
		The couple is living a good life when Emily decides to leave the country and go down to the jungles of South America to do some humanitarian work, all this while she's in her second trimester of pregnancy.
		Movies like Dragonfly never really gives you any reason to doubt that someone's trying to speak from beyond the grave.
		There is nothing special here that we haven't seen before, and after setting up Emily's pregnancy before her death, it becomes grossly obvious why she's trying to reach him and direct him back to the South American jungle where she perished.
	www.beyondhollywood.com /reviews/dragonfly.htm (821 words)

	Dragonfly Movie Review - MovieWeb
		The love in Dragonfly is the wife of poor Joe Darrow (Kevin Costner), an emergency medicine doctor in Chicago.
		And even once the movie does get going, the abortive plot lurches in a number of directions before finally taking us on Joe's ridiculous road trip -- not to mention an ending so overtly manipulative you can't help but hate it.
		Dragonfly not only wants your mind to wrestle with the truth about the squiggly cross, it wants you to consider the philosophical issues about life after death.
	www.movieweb.com /movies/film/15/215/review1555.php (450 words)

	Dragonfly, Kevin Costner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Dragonfly is an intriguing and touching film, one well worth seeing except for the fact that, chances are, you probably already have.
		Even the ending, which was supposed to tie everything together, did a mediocre job of it, hoping instead to overpower the confusion with a vigorous tug on the heartstrings.
		The dragonfly, intended to be a unifying symbol of the message of the movie is instead just “out there” in an “Oh yeah, that’s nice” kind of way.
	www.scifidimensions.com /Feb02/dragonfly.htm (373 words)

	Dragonfly \| Movie and TV Reviews \| SCI FI Weekly
		In Dragonfly, from director Shadyac (Liar, Liar, Patch Adams), a talented cast wrestles with a story that is neither moving nor thrilling nor suspenseful.
		At the opening of the film, Emily's dragonfly paperweight is joined by a dragonfly mobile she had ordered.
		Next, a flashback shows Emily's dragonfly birthmark, and then, in the next scene, Joe tells Dickinson that the dragonfly was Emily's totem—that she even had a birthmark and he always had to search for dragonfly items for her.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/screen/sfw8165.html (626 words)

	Movie Review: Dragonfly / Mountain Xpress / Asheville, NC
		However, the movie's not quite the unmitigated disaster it's been painted as...
		For that matter, after a slow and not very effective opening, the movie settles into a middle section that works well enough to hold your attention, before falling apart in a sea of dubious mysticism and worse writing by the end.
		The problem with Dragonfly – apart from some truly dreadful dialogue – is that it tries to do both, ultimately undercutting its chills and making hash out of its marginal accomplishments in that area.
	www.mountainx.com /movies/d/dragonfly.php (649 words)

	Dragonfly (2001)
		But since then, Kevin's movies (or maybe his movie choices) have sucked.
		Dragonfly will be inevitably be compared to The Sixth Sense.
		Her symbolic talisman, the dragonfly, swarms against the bedroom window.
	www.moviepie.com /rent/dragonfly.htm (384 words)

	Dragonfly film movie trailer review at The Z Review
		Dragonfly has a good number of spooky, eerie and scary moments in between long dry spells.
		The release date for Dragonfly is February 22nd 2002.
		The Hawaii Movie Tour website has posted a whole load of photos that they have taken of the shoot on Kauai earlier on in the year (between February 1st and 28th).
	www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/d/dragonflypre.htm (467 words)

	Movie Review - Dragonfly - www.ericdsnider.com - The Official Website of Eric D. Snider
		I'm not sure which half of "Dragonfly" is worse: The part where nothing's happening, or the part where something's happening, but it's stupid.
		In fact, after the very first sign of a dragonfly, he begins to assume supernatural involvement -- a leap of logic that would be out of place in a more sensible movie, but which seems quite reasonable in this sloppily written slab.
		Instead of just speaking her mind, dead Emily prefers to give cryptic clues and symbols, suggesting she does not want Joe to find spiritual enlightenment so much as she wants him to go on a scavenger hunt.
	www.ericdsnider.com /movies/dragonfly (574 words)

	CANOE -- JAM! Movies - Dragonfly Review - Dragonfly can't get off the ground
		The pace of the film is off and the story is flat; clues are planted in an obvious fashion and then visually underlined, but you'll have to see the movie for yourself to understand what that means, for all who see Dragonfly are sworn to secrecy as to the details.
		For this viewer, the dragonfly in the ointment is the script, the script and the script, jammed as it is with stuff that seems thrown in there just to be on the safe side.
		Moreover, everything in Dragonfly relies upon a viewer's belief in the emotional bond between Costner and his dead wife, and that is never very well established.
	jam.canoe.ca /Movies/Reviews/D/Dragonfly/2002/02/22/752754.html (486 words)

	DRAGONFLY - Main Movie Page...CinemaReview.com....Movie Reviews, Movie Contents, Moviegoer Opinions and Much More!
		The dragonfly is a sleek, graceful insect that doesn't deserve to have its reputation sullied by being associated with this pile of offal.''
		There were a few that didn't enjoy "Dragonfly" very much, but that's common and only means that it's best if you read all the information we provide about this movie before deciding to see it.
		Reminders of Emily are everywhere, among them images of dragonflies, her personal totem because of a birthmark on her shoulder.
	www.cinemareview.com /main.asp?movieid=389911 (739 words)

	Dragonfly
		The whole movie is simply a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well.
		'Dragonfly' is a movie about a bus wreck that turns into a film wreck.
		You come away wishing, though, that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that's at the center of the story.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /movie-1112337/preview.php (1118 words)

	Dragonfly - Movie Rental Review
		The movie has some highly predictable surprises as Joe gets everything but a telegram showing the weird curvy cross sign that turns out to symbolize a waterfall.
		Parents should know that the movie has a mild sexual situation involving a married couple and some chilling moments.
		Families who see this movie should talk about their own views on life after death and the ability of dead loved ones to communicate with those left behind.
	www.commonsensemedia.org /movie-reviews/Dragonfly.html (516 words)

	Movie Review - Dragonfly
		When Dr. Joe Darrow (Kevin Costner) loses his wife Emily in a tragic bus accident in Venezuela, Joe begins to notice signs that she is trying to communicate with him from the grave.
		Since Emily had a penchant for dragonflies, the graceful insects symbolize and mark Emily’s efforts to reach Joe.
		In addition to dragonflies, Emily had an affection for exotic birds, and kept a pet parrot named Big Bird.
	www.ahafilm.info /movies/moviereviews.phtml?fid=7382 (465 words)

	DRAGONFLY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This is basically a Lifetime Movie Of The Week, but with a BIG star, Kevin Costner, as the lead.
		I was hoping Dragonfly would be along the lines of THE OTHERS, or maybe even THE SIXTH SENSE, but at most it’s a weaker Ghost with a slight twist.
		It’s not much of a role for her here, with a combined screen time of maybe 15 minutes, but it’s nice to see her on the big screen.
	members.tripod.com /ajsinnz/dragonfly.htm (288 words)

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