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| DIRECTED BY |
| Phil Alden Robinson
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| STARRING |
| Amy Madigan |
| Kevin Costner |
| Gaby Hoffmann |
| Ray Liotta |
| James Earl Jones |
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Maybe I had to take baseball a lot more seriously for it to affect me emotionally (because it didn�t,) but I nonetheless appreciated much of the beautiful cinematography, the subtle special effects, the truly witty storyline, and some of the performances.
I just couldn�t get over the notion that Kevin Costner really is just playing a normal, everyday �Joe� here � this seems to fool a lot of people into thinking that he�s a good actor, but I just can�t believe that this performance took a whole lot of �acting� from him. Who does impress in �Field of Dreams,� however, is Ray Liotta in an enigmatic performance as the ghostly baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson. His one burst of emotion in the film is just about as priceless as any cinematic moment gets: �Ty Cobb wanted to play. None of could stand the son-of-a-bitch when we were alive, so we told him to stick it!�
As with many films, �Field of Dreams� has its nonsensical moments that really irked me while viewing it. For instance, doesn�t Ray build that baseball field quite quickly? We�re shown a few scenes with him plowing around on a tractor, and suddenly � there you have it � he�s constructed a baseball field, complete with an elaborate lighting system!
What makes �Field of Dreams� work is that it convinces the audience of people being able to truly and authentically fall in love with this ostensibly simple game called �baseball� while also putting a creative, fantastical spin on the whole thing.
