Bill Crider recommended A Perfect World and you can read his review about it here. Music plays a key role in this movie so you can see (and hear) why Bill ran out and bought the soundtrack to A Perfect World. Kevin Costner breaks out of a maximum security prison and while on the run, takes a young boy hostage. Then, A Perfect World turns into a road movie as Costner and the kid drive around Texas having fun. Clint Eastwood and a band of police are following Costner in a high-tech (for the time) trailer. Laura Dern should have been given more to do. But, all in all, A Perfect World shows Eastwood in an early movie in his director oeuvre…warts and all. GRADE: B+
I agree this is an interesting movie (with, as you note, a wonderful soundtrack), but I have to disagree with this being an early movie in Clint’s directing career. He’s been directing movies since the early 1970s (“Play Misty for Me” was, I think, the first) and he’d directed at least 15 movies prior to this one in 1993.
You’re right, Deb. A PERFECT WORLD has the feel of an early Eastwood movie. I guess I was lulled by Eastwood’s more recent slick movie-making.
I love this movie. Clint directed some of his best movie early on. Lately, not so much.
A PERFECT WORLD has plenty to like, Patti.
Like the ’57 Ford they’re driving, even if it is a 4 door.
There are plenty of good looking vehicles in A PERFECT WORLD, Rick. The 1959 Chevy looked very nice.
As mentioned on Bill’s blog I liked this one a lot too. I’ll have to check out the soundtrack.
Clint Eastwood puts excellent music in his films, Jeff. In some of his films, Eastwood wrote the music for the soundtrack.