A Perfect World

A Perfect World

A convict. A cop. A hostage that will make one of them a hero.

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Release Date

11/24/1993

Runtime

138 mins

Overview

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$30,000,000

Revenue

$135,100,000

Homepage

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An escaped convict and the boy he's kidnapped form an unlikely bond as they traverse 1960s Texas, creating a film that's equal parts road movie and moral reckoning. It's a meditation on whether people can change, and what innocence costs in a world built on cruelty.

Mood

WistfulBittersweetTenseContemplative

Themes

RedemptionComing of ageFriendshipMortality

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticPainterly

Structure

Road movie

Heads up

Child endangerment

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