Far and Away (1992)
What they needed was a country big enough for their dreams.
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Far and Away rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.6/10· 72K votes
Rotten Tomatoes51%
Metacritic49%
TMDb6.773/10· 1K votesWith 51% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.6/10 on IMDb and 49/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Far and Away
A young free-spirited Irish woman from an affluent Protestant family spontaneously befriends a street-smart commoner cheated by her family’s hostile land takeovers. They escape to America, ready to take advantage of the 19th century Oklahoma land rush.
Cast of Far and Away
Tom Cruise
as Joseph Donnelly
Nicole Kidman
as Shannon Christie
Thomas Gibson
as Stephen Chase
Robert Prosky
as Daniel Christie
Barbara Babcock
as Nora Christie
Cyril Cusack
as Danty Duff
Eileen Pollock
as Mary Kay
Colm Meaney
as Kelly
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Douglas Gillison
as Dermody
Michelle Johnson
as Grace
Wayne Grace
as Bourke
Niall Tóibín
as Joe Donnelly
Far and Away facts
- Budget
- $60M
- Box office
- $137.8M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •1890s American dream narrative appeals to epic audiences
- •Adventure romance balance maintains engaging character development
- •Bare knuckle boxing provides visceral action spectacle
What the audience disliked
- •Western genre conventions limit character originality significantly
- •Brothel subplot treatment feels dated and problematic
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