The Postman

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Hughe J The Postman was released in theatres in 1997 and stars Kevin Costner with Kevin Costner directing. Set in post apocalyptic America Costner is a drifter who happens upon an long abandoned postal truck. He takes the dead postman's uniform and mail bag with the intention of delivering the mail to a nearby town and hopefully getting food and shelter. He ends up convincing the locals that the government is back and they get inspired to challenge a local warlord and soon form into a postal army. The film was three hours long, really dragged in spots, had terrible writing, but all of the fight scenes had practical effects and were shot on real locations not a collection of green screens. I found some of the movie to be interesting but I wish it was shorter in length and the acting better in quality although Will Patton was his normally decent self as the baddie. Overall it was fine, long and bland, but fine. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/04/25 Full Review Dominic F Great acting, music, and uplifting story. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/25/25 Full Review Alec B Costner's involvement likely ensured that the adaptation wasn't a total disaster (apparently the first script totally inverted the novel's themes which Costner attempted to restore). The movie looks great and does a lot with the pacific northwest filming location. That said this ultimately doesn't quite work, maybe not as terrible as people remember, but let's not pretend this isn't a disjointed cornball attempt at an epic. It does make you appreciate Brin's original novel as it toes a difficult line (hopeful but not sentimental, honest but never nihilistic), something the movie never gets close to doing. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/20/25 Full Review Ari V 93.8% a monument to self. Really unfortunate I had to sit through that. Makes me think Costner is either a complete simpleton, convinced others are or both. Probably the latter. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/10/25 Full Review thiago s Filme ruim, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom, e ganhou de pior filme do ano de 2000 do framboesa de Ouro. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/09/25 Full Review Richie T This movie directed by kevin costner gets alot of hate that I think is unjustified. It's a story of hope. The bad in the movie is that it's corny at times and the timeline is too short. The good outweighs the bad by a lot in my opinion. Costner is great as always but Patton plays such an awesome bad guy as Bethlehem. "You want a war?" I was born for it!" The biggest hole is that Bethlehem doesn't remember that the Shakespeare solider is the postman. But ignore these holes and enjoy a great movie. It's fun and rewarding. I've seen it maybe 15 times , it deserves atleast a 50% I give it 75% Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/15/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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