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Dances with Wolves

Name: Dances with Wolves
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Released: 1990
Duration: 181 min
Cast: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant, Floyd Red Crow Westerman

Taste attributes: adventuredramawesternanimalshistoricalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyunlikely connections

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"Inside everyone is a frontier waiting to be discovered."

Boxlist takeAn unhurried, weighty western: sweeping and grounded. Best if you like patience over pace.

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

7.9/10

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Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

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Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

Wounded Civil War soldier, John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.

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