We get the sense that Butch is not really a bad guy, but he isn’t all that good either. Meanwhile, Phillip is attacked by Pugh, causing Butch to kill him, leaving the two alone on the road and on the run. It isn’t soon after that Texas Ranger Red Garnett (Eastwood), learns of the prison break and, pursues the fugitives with the help of Governor appointed criminologist Sally Gerber (Laura Dern), and an F.B.I sharpshooter (Bradley Whitford). “The unique thing about A Perfect World is how it seems to lead us down a route we have seen before about the father/son dynamic of a young man and the stranger he meets.” Butch stops him, but not before stirring up the neighbours, and in order to escape they take the mother’s small son Phillip (T.J. After stopping into a nearby Texas town, Pugh goes into the home of a single mother who is also a Jehovah’s Witness and attacks her. I highly recommend it.The film begins with Haynes escaping from prison with another inmate, a psychotic man named Pugh (Keith Szarabaijka) who shares a cell with him but mostly tags along for convenience. It’s truly a master-piece and an almost forgotten Clint Eastwood 90’s gem. You’re going to be moved, thrilled and you’re going to cry your eyeballs out.

Watch A Perfect World if you have the chance. It’s the only movie to date in which Kevin and Clint have collaborated together, and it’s one of Eastwood’s favorite movies (that he directed) as well. So much so, that even Cahiers du cinema selected A Perfect World as the best film of 1993. Lowther) are some of the most delicately crafted sequences in all of Eastwood’s body of work, and they’re a pleasure to watch every single time. Man… the scenes between the convict (Costner) and his young captive (T. On and in the years since its release, the film has been acclaimed by critics as one of Eastwood’s most satisfying (albeit underrated) directorial efforts in his entire career. It’s still to this day as emotional, heart-breaking, tense and nerve-wrecking as ever. Kevin Costner at his best.īut the thing is… The movie did age like a fine wine. Kevin Costner’s subtly nuanced and beautiful portrayal of the escaped convict was the absolute cornerstone of the film’s success and has been hailed as one of the actor’s finest performances to date. The film won much praise for its emotional depth and accurate depiction of the psychology of hostage situations, and in the child psychology in such situations as well. What will start as a hostage will end up as a father-son bond coming from the most unlikely circumstances imaginable. Butch is an escaped convict that will end up with eight-year-old Phillip Perry (T.J. The majority of the movie was shot on open locations (making it a road movie in its essence) and it has Kevin Costner in the role of Robert “Butch” Haynes. Well ever.īut the premise of A Perfect World is much complicated and so was the production (considering that the movie had a budget of only 30 million dollars). His performance in this movie is one of the best I’ve seen from child actors in…. He’s in it too of course, but in a supporting role, and that bracket is filled an additional and fantastic line-up of great actors like Laura Dern, Bruce McGill, Bradley Whitford, and the adorable T.J. Written by John Lee Hancock and starring Kevin Costner in the lead role, A Perfect World is Clint’s most underrated and least known movie.

Greatness.Īnd a little gem form the early 90’s best represents that greatness. His directorial efforts were strong and you just knew what you were getting yourself into when you walked in that movie theater. Needless to say, we were spoiled by Clint in the early 90’s, and that’s a fact.īy then he established himself as a screen icon, and he dabbled into different genres as well. You grew accustomed to a good Clint Eastwood movie. You weren’t surprised by a good Clint Eastwood movie. Back in the early 90’s when delivering a good hardy and thought provoking movie was something that you expected him to do. But, before we dive into the marvel that apparently is Richard Jewell let’s back up a minute to a much simpler times. You know, when he’s not pushing some political agenda down our throats. He can really deliver when he put his mind into. His latest movie Richard Jewell is gaining praise for being his best piece of work (as a director) in a decade and well… I’m not surprised by the old man. Clint Eastwood is back on his old form I hear.

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