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  • 1992
  • PG-13
  • Universal Pictures
  • 2 h 20 m
  • 1992
  • PG-13
  • Universal Pictures
  • 2 h 20 m

Summary In 1892, Joseph Donelly (Cruise), a poor tenant farmer, is determined to bring justice to an oppressive landlord. Instead, he finds himself accompanying the landlord's daughter, Shannon (Kidman), to America in a quest for land. (Universal Pictures)

Directed By: Ron Howard

Written By: Bob Dolman, Ron Howard

  • 1992
  • PG-13
  • Universal Pictures
  • 2 h 20 m
  • 1992
  • PG-13
  • Universal Pictures
  • 2 h 20 m

Far and Away

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
49
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 35 User Ratings
7.3
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Summary In 1892, Joseph Donelly (Cruise), a poor tenant farmer, is determined to bring justice to an oppressive landlord. Instead, he finds himself accompanying the landlord's daughter, Shannon (Kidman), to America in a quest for land. (Universal Pictures)

Directed By: Ron Howard

Written By: Bob Dolman, Ron Howard

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
49
42% Positive
8 Reviews
42% Mixed
8 Reviews
16% Negative
3 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
49
42% Positive
8 Reviews
42% Mixed
8 Reviews
16% Negative
3 Reviews

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75
It is entertaining and eye-filling enough to appeal to a mainstream male audience. [22 May 1992]
By William Arnold FULL REVIEW
70
Odd as it seems for a film built on such a grand scale, sweet is the operative word here, and that's not meant as an insult. [29 May 1992]
By Julie Salamon FULL REVIEW
63
The old seems old - but the result isn't unpleasant, and moviegoers just might go for it. [22 May 1992]
By Mike Clark FULL REVIEW
50
Far and Away plays like a theme park attraction: viscerally exciting but detached, impersonal and dull.
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50
Far and Away is a throwback to the handsome but stodgy historical romances Hollywood used to make, and it can at least be said that it's more ambitious than most of what we'll see this summer. [22 May 1992]
By Jay Carr FULL REVIEW
40
There is a richness to Far and Away that seems wasted on its simple love story straight out of "It Happened One Night."
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It's just a shrunken case of large-screen aspirations wedded to a small-screen mentality. [22 May 1992]
By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 35 User Ratings
7.3
69% Positive
24 Ratings
26% Mixed
9 Ratings
6% Negative
2 Ratings

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 35 User Ratings
7.3
69% Positive
24 Ratings
26% Mixed
9 Ratings
6% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures
Release Date May 22, 1992
Duration 2 h 20 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Filmed for the First Time in Panavision Super 70mm
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Awards

MTV Movie + TV Awards
• 2 Nominations
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination

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