Dances With Wolves
1990 Directed by Kevin Costner. Starring Kevin Costner, Mary Mcdonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant.
REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Fri., Sept. 6, 1991
Despite its incongruity in today's entertainment marketplace, Dances With Wolves is an audacious gamble that succeeds; it's an old-fashioned movie with a smart, contemporary perspective. The film's politically correct repudiation of the familiar black-and-white characterizations of the white and red man is ultimately undermined, however, when the pendulum swings too far in the other direction. As director, actor, and producer, Costner has risked his secured bankability and come out a winner.
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Marjorie Baumgarten, Aug. 15, 2003
Dances With Wolves, Kevin Costner, Kevin Costner, Mary Mcdonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant
