Tom Shadyac, responsible for one of my favorite guilty pleasure-like comedies, Ace Ventura, has recently (since films like the funny if sitcomish Liar Liar and the similar though not as funny Patch Adams) gone the way of the sap, and Dragonfly is an example of his plummet from his first success. It stars Kevin Costner, who works in a hospital and is emotionally distroyed when he finds out that his wife has died in South America. Soon after he starts seeing signs, visions, kids telling him secrets and all that spooky stuff, that points to his wife trying to contact him from the grave. Another romance-ghost story thriller, with another bad Costner performance and added thrills at the end don't help and, most likley hurt the film. Only two things of interest are supporting performances from the likes of Kathy Bates, Linda Hunt, and others. But overall, it's a dud. D+
Review of Dragonfly
