Far and Away improves considerably once the action shifts to Boston...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 20, 2025

There's something flat and unfulfilling about Far and Away, as though Mr. Howard bit off more than he could chew.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 6, 2024

It is filled with characters willing to work, fight, pluck chickens and do anything to achieve their dream. Seldom will you find a film that portrays such values in positive terms.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 6, 2024

A fun epic spectacle movie they don't make much today

| Sep 13, 2020

Not a bad movie in spite of its corny premise...

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 23, 2020

[Howard] has cast two actors -- Cruise and Nicole Kidman -- who simply do not have the scope or abilities to carry an epic. And he does not have a strong enough support team to fill in the gaps.

| Feb 20, 2020

Far and Away... is the director's attempt to step into the cinematic shoes of directors John Ford and David Lean. And, certainly, he's stepped into something with this sprawling, old-fashioned melodrama.

| Oct 25, 2018

A little irreverence and some revisionist strokes would have lent some welcome spice to this bland meat-and-potatoes serving of U.S. history.

| Oct 25, 2018

What is a surprise is that Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman are almost entirely credible in their roles.

| Oct 25, 2018

Howard's lifelong ambition to make a film about his Irish ancestry results in a light confection, full of sweeping overhead shots and predictable pulp-fiction intrigue.

| Oct 25, 2018

This time the concept of 온라인카지노추천-for-a-very-big-screen comes out silly.

| Oct 25, 2018

This is a very well-intentioned film and director Ron Howard does the best he can with it, but it is too long, too slow and too dumb.

| Original Score: C | Oct 25, 2018

Far and Away looks like an epic, but it lacks flavor and texture. It's so predigested there's nothing left to chew on.

| Original Score: C | Oct 25, 2018

The story is ridiculously old-fashioned, with romantic flourishes and visual spectacle (the land-rush scenes are outstanding) in place of an interesting storyline and well-developed characters.

| Oct 25, 2018

Even at its hokiest, Far and Away is never less than heartfelt.

| Oct 25, 2018

Though blatantly no Eyes Wide Shut, this second on-screen pairing for the Super-A couple remains a class apart from the dross that was Days Of Thunder.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 25, 2018

It's Ron Howard doing his "thing." Which, if you don't know, is sucking it for all it is worth, with having little to begin with, and trying his darndest to spread an Oscar cream to illuminate it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 25, 2018

With its terrific cast and splendid production values, Howard's family saga looks like far and away the grandest new-old movie of 1992.

| May 29, 2018

Ron Howard comes up with his own little creation myth for America, free of such inconvenient original sins as genocide and slavery.

| Nov 16, 2017

Away isn't for cynics, providing an authentic rush of experience that makes the effort feel huge, even when it details the smallest interests of the heart.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 8, 2014