A Perfect World (film): A forgotten Costner film

Was this the beginning stages of Clint Eastwood as a director? I don't know and I am not going to look it up. The reason why I became attached to this film is because of a guy that I know that really just hated almost all traditional cinema but for some reason loved "A Perfect World," a film I had never heard of.

[source](https://www.mauvais-genres.com/16835/a-perfect-world-movie-poster-15x21-in-french-1993-clint-eastwood-kevin-costner.jpg)

This person I am referring to is someone that in all liklihood should be kept away from other people. He is a strange one and when you travel the world you will at times, encounter some crazies. For whatever reason this person didn't want to kill me... although that was the sentiment he had to virtually everyone else he encountered.

Anyway, it is not about him. It is about "A Perfect World" which like tons of other people, I had not heard of until a crazy person told me they love the film (perhaps the crazy person part doesn't apply to that many people.)

[source](http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/cea8/SS.PerfectWorld.jpg)

Kevin Costner plays the role of Robert "Butch" Haynes, an escaped convict who will do anything to not go back to prison. He unwittingly ends up becoming a bit attached to what is meant to be a hostage (the young boy in the photo.)

Clint Eastwood plays the part of Texas Ranger Red Garnett, who is relentlessly pursuing Butch in order to bring him to justice and retrieve the boy. Clint is significantly less important to the story and Costner is, and that is evident in the allotted screen-time.

[source](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GNiXjWc5bfU/Wu9O4uVwbMI/AAAAAAAAWuQ/doOvBF0uN4wHNTQ_S7-6Nam4QXD05RD7wCLcBGAs/s1600/A%2BPerfect%2BWorld%2B2.jpg)

perhaps it is because I am bit older than most of the people that are potentially reading that and perhaps it is because of the fact that I don't really understand why Kevin Costner just kind of disappeared from the movie scene years ago. He is a fantastic actor and well, maybe he pissed of Harvey Weinstein or something.

Keep in mind that this movie was released back in 1993 when Costner was likely nearing his apex and Eastwood was still thought of as an actor rather than the incredible director that he turned into after the turn of the millennium.

I think this movie is a bypassed treasure, especially if you have obvious "daddy issues" like my crazy friend that recommended it to me in the first place. This movie moves along well, has some nice touching moments and a fantastic ending that perhaps you don't expect. I can't give this movie top marks, but I can give it close to it.

On a scale of "urgh!" to "wowsers!" I give A Perfect World a score of....

Yip Yip Yip!