Far and Away
In the 19th century, an impoverished Irish tenant farmer and his ruthless landlord's ambitious daughter journey together to America, seeking to join the Oklahoma land rush.
12 November 1953, Alhambra, California, USA
18 May 1947, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
1963
1956, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
July 18, 2003
An old-fashioned film carried into our hearts with breathtaking scenery, a swelling soundtrack, and large-scale dramatic happenings.
July 26, 2002
You don't really "buy" any of it in a believable way, but I say it still works as period-piece spectacle.
June 25, 2006
Poorly written and simplistically acted, the film also shows little chemistry between real-life couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.
January 31, 2005
Overblown would-be epic of the Western frontier.
December 18, 2010
Intense, treacly Cruise-Kidman immigrant epic.
January 02, 2005
Overlong Ron Howard epic with Cruise and Kidman.
March 11, 2005
An enjoyable, highly-romantic, somewhat witty film
April 24, 2003
Well, it WAS better than "Days of Thunder"... sort of.
March 08, 2014
Away isn't for cynics, providing an authentic rush of experience that makes the effort feel huge, even when it details the smallest interests of the heart.
