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 * Title**: Do you hear a voice? Follow the ghost.

The breathtaking film, //Field of Dreams//, redefines the world of classics. The mixture of hopeful yet doubtful mood of the movie builds a perfect momentum of the plot as the movie plays with the emotions of audiences through the eyes of Ray Kinsella. //Field of Dreams// is a movie that brilliantly captures the norm of human life in depth, and stretches the ability of human being to see ghosts. The film initiates with Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) narrating his past life. Kinsella highlights the estrangement between himself and his father, 1960's turmoil, Ray's love life with his wife Annie (Amy Madigan), and the marriage where they settle in Iowa as farmers raising crops and give birth to their first daughter Karin.

After few minutes of flashback, the film shifts back into present day. One ordinary night, Ray drifts in the wondrous cornfield where he hears a mysterious voice "if you build it, he will come," which puzzles Ray. The peculiar voice is stuck in his mind and he cogitates the voice over and over again to figure out what "it" is. One day, he is out in the cornfield, he hears the voice again and suddenly envisions a baseball field on the cornfield with Shoeless Joe Jackson. Later at night he tells Annie about building the baseball field, but she does not initially believe him. Ray confesses that he is afraid of turning like his father and it is his last chance to do what he wants. The confession convinces Annie and Ray builds the field on his cornfield. After many weeks with out a surprise, one night, Karin tells him that there is a man out there in the baseball field. The story all begins here as Shoeless Joe Jackson appears in his sight.

This phenomenal film absorbs the viewers' minds for the entire 105 minutes. Every second of the scene produces awe-striking concept especially the provocative idea of a building baseball field on the cornfield and seeing ghosts as living human beings. The building baseball field on the cornfield already predicts the outcome of the main character being in debt; however, the courage Ray has put to pursue his dream is brave. The struggles he faces provides how he achieves his dreams. The baseball field is a field of dream, it gives people a second chance to fulfill their dream that they have to give up for other values in their lives. Sadly, there is no flawless film in the mind of a critic, so like many other films //Field of Dreams// also has some flaws. It is too idealistic and too optimistic. If there was a little bit of pessimistic attitude in the film, it might have given a taste of reality to the viewer. In reality, if your husband said "I want to build a baseball field on my lawn." What would you have said? And if a person tells you "I hear a voice in my head." Your instant reaction would be to think that person is insane. The Kinsella family is too optimistic: Annie consequently agrees to everything what Ray says or does, and Karin also optimistically plays her role. When she woke up from her near death experience she was perfectly fine. The idealistic ending of the film was predictive and it was not jaw-dropping ending that could have left greater influence in the viewer. Being optimistic is not a bad tactic in the movies but at times realities are needed.

Some characters in the film are hardworking and affectionate and they cannot be hated by any means of reason. Kevin Costner played a great role in portraying the main character, Ray Kinsella, as not a lunatic but as a person who is actually hearing voice for a good cause. Also, Amy Madigan starred as Annie Kinsella, she depicted the character really well because the role of the wife brought the atmosphere of a real family. Kinsella family brings forth a comforting mood of the film which the viewer loved. Ray Kinsella could be related to most of the fathers because fathers all have the responsibility to protect and provide their family where great burden lay upon their shoulders. If there is the “good guy” in the film there is also the opposing force the “bad guy.” In this film, Annie's brother Mark with characteristics that displeases the audience tries to convince Ray to sell the farm which is completely against Ray's dreams.

//Field of Dreams// is a classic film everyone should watch. It is inspiring, influential, breathtaking, and evocative. It successfully carries out the important aspect of people’s live: dream. By watching this film, many audience would be emotionally affected by the film. Don’t hesitate to watch this film, follow your guts and follow the voice inside your mind, it will always lead to what you might not have discovered yet.