Always

Always is an excellent film. Richard Dreyfuss gives a great performance as Pete a fire pilot who loses his life but comes back in his spiritural body and helps a young pilot played by Brad Johnson become a good pilot. He also manages to tell his girlfriend played by Holly Hunter that he loves her which he could never do when he was alive. Always is a film that is really great! It really explains death and I recommend it for anyone. Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Brad Johnson, and John Goodman all gave performances as well did Audrey Hepburn making her final performance in this movie as Hap the Head Angel. Steven Spielberg did great with this film which I think is one of his bests along with Hook and Jurassic Park. I give Always 10/10.

After seeing a movie with Marg Helgenberger made in the 90's "Death Dreams" with Christopher Reeve, I felt the need to look for other Marg Helgenberger performances besides her famous turn in CSI - To my surprise, not many, except "Death Dreams" where she gives a performance that goes straight to something truly personal. She is amazing, amazing! That's how I got to Always. The only Spielberg film I hadn't seen. The film is a sort of remake of "A Guy Named Joe" charming with a lovely central performance by Holly Hunter but where is Marg? She's way back in the background. Beautiful and real but way too far away in the background. The most memorable memorable moment, at least for a film buff - is the last film appearance by Audrey Hepburn, as an angel.

My husband asked me to marry him after we saw this movie. He was a helicopter pilot and we had met at an air show. We both loved vintage aircraft so this seemed to be just the movie to see. We both laughed and cried so hard during the movie. Little was I to know that 13 years later I would lose my husband while he was flying. It took me some years to watch this movie again and I too cried through the whole thing. It is so personal to me. There are times when I feel, like Holly did, that I can hear my husband talking to me and guiding me. There is a lot to be learned from this picture about life and love. I highly recommend this picture.