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So-so
Avg. Critic Score: 57 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
12 OK for kids 12+
Read Common Sense Media review

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    This is the kind of movie Frank Capra might have directed, and James Stewart might have starred in - a movie about dreams. Read full review

  • 90
    The New York Times |

    A work so smartly written, so beautifully filmed, so perfectly acted, that it does the almost impossible trick of turning sentimentality into true emotion. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Tribune | Dave Kehr

    As shrewd and accomplished as the movie is, there's still something uncomfortably manipulative about it... It doesn't explore its primal theme as much as it exploits it, tapping into the automatic, nearly universal power of guilt and regret. [21 Apr 1989, Friday, p.A] Read full review

  • 75
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    Imagine: a pseudo-intellectual baseball fantasy loaded up, like a spitter, with seductive sentiment. You can distrust the mix, but still like the movie - and I do. [21 Apr 1989, Life, p.D1] Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Michael Wilmington

    But there's something missing, something tentative and uncertain. In order to pull off a magic trick, you often have to distract the audience with smooth patter, clever detail or indirection. And this movie tries to play it so pure and unabashed that we can see right up its sleeves. [21 Apr 1989, Calendar, p.6-1] Read full review

  • 60
    Washington Post | Rita Kempley

    Everything from time travel to melodrama figures in this whimsically daft story, a romanticization that tries your patience even as your tear ducts well. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Peter Stack

    This movie reverie has an almost laughable '80s tone - a yuppified style and even language - that practically buries Costner. [21 Apr 1989, Daily Datebook, p.E1] Read full review

  • 50
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    The movie may steal a base here and there, but there are no homers. Read full review

  • 50
    Variety |

    In spite of a script hobbled with cloying aphorisms and shameless sentimentality, Field of Dreams sustains a dreamy mood in which the idea of baseball is distilled to its purest essence. Read full review

  • 12
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    To be honest, I started hearing things, too. Just when Jones was delivering an inexcusably sappy speech about baseball being "a symbol of all that was once good in America," I heard the words "If he keeps talking, I'm walking." Read full review


Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says OK for kids 12+ Baseball crowd pleaser with a supernatural twist.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this story about following your dreams and reconciling relationships could appeal to young teens, older teens, and adults, especially families who like baseball. Some positive messages about tolerance and believing in yourself go along with a bit of strong language ("s--t" and "son of a bitch"). There are a couple references to past drug use, as well as a couple tense scenes.
  • Families can talk about dreams. How do you know when to follow a dream that seems crazy or foolish? What thoughts go into weighing the risks of certain choices? Is there a way to know for sure whether an idea is a good one?
  • How did Ray's experience with the baseball field help him heal his pain related to his relationship with his father? What could you do to mend some family wounds?
  • What kinds of stereotypes are discussed or displayed in this movie?
The good stuff
  • message true4 Positive messages: This is a story about following your dreams, even if everyone thinks you're crazy. Reconnect with loved ones any way you can.
  • rolemodels true3 Positive role models: Ray and his wife are under a lot of financial stress, but they take the time to listen to their young daughter when she suggests what they should do to earn income. Annie speaks out against closed-mindedness and censorship, and is not afraid to ruffle some feathers in the process.
What to watch for
  • violence false1 Violence: Main character hears ghostly voices and sees things that other people cannot see. Terry threatens to beat Ray if he does not leave Terry's house. A child falls from the top of a bandstand and is knocked unconscious. She recovers without any injury. No fighting, no blood.
  • sex false1 Sex: Adults kiss in bed.
  • language false3 Language: Moderate use of words like "ass," "hell," "damn," "piss off." Infrequent use of "s--t," "son of a bitch"
  • consumerism false2 Consumerism: Signs that advertise Coca-Cola, Polaroid, Michelin, and Citgo. Some Coca-Cola products are used.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false2 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Ray talks about how he "smoked some grass" during the '60s in college. When his wife suggests he is having an acid flashback, Ray responds: "But I never took acid." Men drink beer at a baseball game

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