Fearless Movie Review 1993

Two plane crash survivors reach out to each other as they try and cope with everday life. Bridges is riveting as the transformed Max, and Perez compelling as the sorrowful Carla. Hulce provides dead-on amusement as a casualty lawyer who knows he's slime but can't help himself. Opening sequences of smoke in the corn fields are haunting as are flashbacks of the crash itself. Weir provides an engrossing look at facing death, both psychological and spiritual, but the ending is something of a letdown in its sappiness. Based on the novel by Yglesias.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 122 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Near-Death Experiences, Air Disasters, Marriage, Death & the Afterlife

Screenplay

Rafael Yglesias

Cast

Jeff Bridges, Isabella Rossellini, Rosie Perez, Tom Hulce, John Turturro, Benicio Del Toro, Deirdre O'Connell, John de Lancie

Cinematography

Allen Daviau

Director

Peter Weir

Music

Maurice Jarre

Producer

Paula Weinstein, Mark Rosenberg, Spring Creek Productions, Warner Bros.

Awards

L.A. Film Critics 1993: Support. Actress (Perez).