Dances With Wolves (1990, rated PG-13, 181 minutes) is the movie you know all about. It won the 1991 Oscar for Best Picture, but it’s not perfect.
There is the completely unimaginable plot line that a solitary Army officer could survive in Lakota Sioux territory in the wild West. There is the all-too-obvious love-affair-in-the-making between Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner) and Stands With A Fist (Mary McDonnell). There is the distraction of the Civil War combat scene at the beginning. There is the comic book brutality of the Army soldiers and officers who tried to return Lt. Dunbar (Costner) to “civilization.”
On the other hand, there is the breathless triumph of Dances With Wolves returning to the arms of Stands With A Fist.
Think “redemption.” Think “really good movie.”
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