Dragonfly (2002) Critic Reviews

At least Dragonfly isn't contemptible or altogether dismissible. But it doesn't use Costner well, and it even more unforgivably wastes Kathy Bates.Read the full review

Meandering and inert. Yet as an etching of an emotion and a vehicle for Costner, the movie makes a case for itself.Read the full review

When Kevin Costner goes into sensitive-guy mode, beware.Read the full review

Comes across more like an above-average TV movie you might see on the Lifetime channel.Read the full review

This is a tedious and insulting motion picture. The only ones likely to be surprised by the payoff are those who understandably dozed off fifteen minutes into the proceedings.Read the full review

Costner's earnest performance is a major plus for Dragonfly, keeping the picture grounded in some semblance of reality even as it becomes progressively more fantastical.Read the full review

Costner has never been further from the lively, engaging actor he can be, or at least once was.Read the full review

Preposterous-for-no-good-reason supernatural tale.Read the full review

Awash in cheap shocks and corny sentiment, Dragonfly aspires to be an inspirational thriller about one man's spiritual journey, but it takes little time for him to reach his destination. All that's left for him and the audience to do is solve a riddle unfit for the back of a cereal box.Read the full review