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Too much of everything

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

This is not your typical adventure movie. This is a marvelous drama about culture clash - the clash of civilization and nature. I will not spent time to describe everything here, because words are really not enough. Despite not being popular, this movie is among my favorites and a must-see I could say. Very very good story, amazing views, especially the aerial ones, wonderful music and great acting.Speaking of acting, everybody love Tom Berenger and Daryl Hannah, but I must give credit also to Aidan Quinn and especially Kathy Bates, whose acting in this movie I like the most.I am not aware who are the people playing the native tribes, but they deserve a great credit for good acting too.This movie is greatly underrated, so do not consider IMDb or another score and just go and see it.

I don't really have a problem if a reviewer, that is, a Siskle or Ebert type wants to give this a bad rating. That's what they are paid for - to find fault in movies.But everyone I know loved this film, well, maybe loved isn't the best word. It was at times painful, but it was very beautiful and very vivid and one of my favorite films.I was surprised when I looked for this on Netflix and it wasn't available. With all the junk on DVD, this is a beautifly filled, intense movie with a real story. I don't know why it doesn't have more recognition.

In a sense this movie is the anti "End of the Spear" story, except while End of the Spear is the true story of Christian missionaries and their families turning a tribe away from violence, this is a made up Hollywood depiction showing missionary families as Hollywood believes them to be: boastful, hypocritical, self-deceived, and ultimately inert.I prefer reality.If you want an uplifting story, this isn't it. If you want a story that weighs you down with an overbearing hit over the hammer message that intervention in foreign cultures will only cause harm, and takes over three hours to do so, then this is for you.

This is a ten ton turkey. It's absolutely painfully bad. Watching all of those wannabe stars like John Lithgow, Tom Berenger, and Aidin Quinn overact brought pain to my eyes. Watching all of those Indians crawl and grovel around dragged on and on, making this seem like hours to squirm through. Kathy Bates looked like a complete fool when she apparently went mad and danced in those Indian garments half naked. How degrading and embarrassing is that! And Tom Berenger also suffered dearly. I'm surprised he agreed to do closeups in frontal nudity, because there wasn't much to look at. That Aidin Quinn character was just gross and pathetic. Watching him with those nerdy spectacles, overgrown and dirty fingernails and ugh! He was gross. And the overacting to top it off. Darrell Hannah just looked like some lanky nymph prancing around in the nude. The result of this intentionally serious film is that every character looks foolish. If they were smart, they would try to forget this disaster as much as possible. This should be renamed "At Play in the Fields of the Bored".