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A Perfect World

    Drama
    Crime
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Nov 24, 1993
Rated PG-13

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.

Details

  • Directors
  • Revenue$135,100,000
  • Budget
    $30,000,000
  • Vote Average
    7.5
  • Vote Count
    1633
  • Popularity
    20
  • Language
    English
  • Origin Country
    US

Cast

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Kevin Costner
Robert 'Butch' Haynes
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Clint Eastwood
Chief Red Garnett
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Laura Dern
Sally Gerber
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T.J. Lowther
Phillip 'Buzz' Perry
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Bradley Whitford
Bobby Lee
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Keith Szarabajka
Terry Pugh
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Leo Burmester
Tom Adler
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Paul Hewitt
Dick Suttle
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Ray McKinnon
Bradley
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Jennifer Griffin
Gladys Perry
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Leslie Flowers
Naomi Perry
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Belinda Flowers
Ruth Perry
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Darryl Cox
Mr. Hughes
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Jay Whiteaker
Billy Reeves
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Taylor Suzanna McBride
Tinkerbell
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Christopher Reagan Ammons
Dancing Skeleton
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Mark Voges
Larry Billings
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Vernon Grote
Prison Guard
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James Jeter
Oldtimer
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Ed Geldart
Fred Cummings
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Bruce McGill
Paul Saunders
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Nik Hagler
General Store Manager
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Gary Moody
Local Sheriff
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Mary Alice
Lottie
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Wayne Dehart
Mack
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Kevin Woods
Cleveland
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Linda Hart
Eileen
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Connie Cooper
Bob's Wife
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John Hussey
Governor's Aide
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Gabriel Folse
Officer Terrance
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Brandon Smith
Officer Jones
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Elizabeth Ruscio
Paula

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Reviews

(1)
r96sk
80%
I'm a little split on <em>'A Perfect World'</em>, but one thing that is for certain is that I definitely enjoyed watching it. The reason that I'm split is because of how it portrays the lead character. I completely get the angle the filmmakers were going for, I'm just not convinced they pull it off. It's fun to watch, but I never once felt a connection to root for Kevin Costner's Butch. There are many a time where I was just like "Huh?". It shows a number of events that you can tell are supposed to make you connect to Butch, but I just couldn't - he is super unlikeable, like the very first thing we see him do 'on the outside' defines him and the whole film. They could've wrote him in so many different ways, to give him a positive reason for what he does. Yet, despite that it is entertaining, I cannot deny. I guess what I'm trying to say is that it works as a film for sure, but given it tries (too hard?) to attempt thought-provoking and deeper meaning I think it falls over itself - logically, I couldn't get on board. As a popcorn flick, I'm all in. P.S. How amusing to see the <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/casper/" rel="nofollow">Casper</a>'</em> connection, given the directing/acting Clint Eastwood would later make a cameo in the live-action film almost two years after this was released.