Field of Dreams
All his life, Ray Kinsella was searching for his dreams. Then one day, his dreams came looking for him.
1989 • 107 min • Drama · Fantasy
Synopsis
Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.
Our family guide
Best from age 8- 100 Reviewers · 6 · 69%
- 71 Audience · 1716 · 31%
A mystical voice prompts an Iowa farmer to build a baseball field, bringing back legendary players for a second chance. This heartwarming tale explores family, forgiveness, and the pursuit of dreams, blending fantasy with rural life.
- Violence & peril
- 1/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 2/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 2/10
Heads up
- Some moments of implied sadness or regret
- Brief, mild language
- One character smokes cigars
What it models well
- The power of belief
- Forgiveness and second chances
- Following your dreams
- Family reconciliation
Talk about it after
- What does "If you build it, he will come" mean?
- How can we forgive others and ourselves?
- The importance of pursuing a passion
- Connecting with family history
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Top billed cast
Director: Phil Alden Robinson • Crew: Phil Alden Robinson
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Reviewer notes
Recommended“Ray” (Kevin Costner) buys a farm with his wife “Annie” (Amy Madigan) and their daughter “Karin” (Gaby Hoffmann) and is just about making a going concern of growing corn. Amidst his crop one afternoon, he hears a voice. Nobody else heard it and so he disregards it.…
Recommended"Field of Dreams" is a determined effort to encourage us all to dream of the past and to rediscover, relive and cherish the special memories from our childhood once more when the world still held a wealth of mysterious wonder and fascination for the inquisitive mind before the innocence of that time was slowly replaced by the unwelcome responsibilities of adulthood - and in some more unfortunate cases this was also a…
Recommended**A good movie to watch with the family.** In this film, a man who has just moved to a small country house, in order to have a quieter life, begins to be disturbed by a mysterious voice that invites him to build a baseball field on a large part of his land. cultivation. That's a bad idea, because he depends on the sale of production to pay off a bank loan taken out to buy the house.…
RecommendedField of Dreams is yet another movie that I originally watched a hundred years ago and recently had the chance to watch again. In my mind it was a fairly realistic story tinged with the large fantasy built into the plot involving what happens at the ball field. But that recollection was faulty; this movie is pure fantasy. That is not a criticism; I was just surprised I remembered it wrong that way.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers_**Entertaining enough, but hampered by its fanciful premise**_ A family moves to an Iowa farm where the husband (Kevin Costner) hears a voice instructing him to guild a baseball diamond in the cornfield, promising “he” will come. Incredibly, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta) shows up, along with seven other members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox who were banned from the game for throwing the World Series.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersCapra meets Serling for 1980's joyously multi genre hankie wetter. Coming back to Field Of Dreams over 20 years after its release finds this particular viewer beaming with happiness that the warmth I felt way back when still washes over me in the same way. Director Phil Alden Robinson (All of Me/Fletch) manages to turn W.P.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.1/10 (1,716)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Box office
- $84,431,625
- IMDb
- tt0097351
