by Arnoldhenryrufus

Created on: March 01, 2007   Last Updated: May 09, 2007

~~ Dragonfly ~~

I have a strong interest in anything supernatural; if you like you could say I like anything spooky. I came across this movie quite by accident, until recently I used to have sky movies and one night I flicked through the channels and started watching a movie, I had missed the beginning of it, but from watching a couple of minutes it had attracted my interest, so much so that when it had finished I had to find out what it was called and get myself a copy. Ok, I am going on again, I know but it has got me here writing this review and wanting to share why I love this film so much.

~~ The Movie ~~

Kevin Costner plays a Doctor at Chicago Memorial Hospital, he is highly respected and the Head of his Department, oh you want to know his name don't you, it is Dr. Joe Darrow, his wife is/was also a Doctor in the Oncology department, her name is Dr Emily Darrow. Emily loves children and also works with the Red Cross, going to countries in need.

It was on one of these trips with the Red Cross in Venezuela, South America, where our story starts, she is in the Red Cross bus on a cliff when it gets caught in a landslide and goes over the cliff into the river below. She is lost presumed dead, her body never found. We see Joe searching for her and her memorial service back in America.

The story then takes us to six months later and Dr. Joe Darrow as buried himself (excuse the pun) into his work, working around the clock seven days a week to overcome his grief. The film takes us through flash backs of Joe and Emily's time together before his tragic loss? Jo is stressed and sad; he has not come to terms with his grief or faced it as yet.

Strange phenomenons occur throughout this movie, Joe starts seeing dragonflies, hearing Emily's voice and seeing strange symbols of two wavy lines in the form of a cross. These peculiar things make even Joe doubt his own sanity.

How come these out of the ordinary events are occurring?
What are the messages trying to convey?
Is Emily still alive?

You will have to watch the movie to find out.

~~ The Cast ~~

Kevin Costner as Dr Joe Darrow - he is very good in this part, the director has played on his strong emotional points. He is very good at getting his emotions across without having to say a word. He fits the part well.

Susanna Thompson as Dr Emily Darrow - although they killed her off at the beginning we do back track to the past on a few occasions so we do get the benefit of seeing her in her role. You tend to have a mental image of how

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