The first few years of the 21st century weren't exactly kind to Kevin Costner. Sure, he was in "Thirteen Days," a quality, if somewhat forgettable, historical thriller about the Cuban Missile Crisis. Immediately following that, however, came two of the most critically-panned films in his career. The first, "3000 Miles to Graceland" will be discussed soon. The second, a supernatural mystery, was called "Dragonfly."
Directed by Tom Shadyac, (mostly known for Jim Carrey and Eddie Murphy comedies) the film sees Costner play a doctor who loses his wife when a bus she's riding on in Venezuela is sent crashing into a river during a landslide. Following her death, he begins receiving messages from her through the patients at the hospital where he works who are near death. The final reveal of what his wife is trying to tell him is strange and makes you wonder why she had to communicate in riddles. Why not just tell him what he needs to do?
The film, as stated earlier, was not loved by critics. The decision to transition from a spooky mystery to a sentimental drama inspired BBC.com critic Neil Smith to write, "Though Tom Shadyac's film kicks off spookily enough, around the halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance."
