Dances with Wolves centers on the relationship between a Civil War soldier and a band of Sioux Indians. The movie tells the story of a Union Army lieutenant who travels to the American frontier to find a military post, and his dealings with a group of Lakota Indians.
21 June 1954, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
22 June 1952, Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, Canada
9 March 1959, Nebraska, USA
21 October 1948, Portland, Oregon, USA
17 December 1947, Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
15 April 1984, Los Angeles County, California, USA
14 August 1962, Montana, USA
14 September 1959, New York City, New York, USA
18 January 1955, Lynwood, California, USA
1946, Morton, Minnesota, USA
4 May 1930, Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota, USA
February 21, 2015
[Dances With Wolves] is so evocative of the sweep and lyricism of the American West that it could be pegged as the cinematic equivalent of a Frederic Remington painting.January 13, 2014
A slow-moving but well-acted western.February 22, 2013
Dances With Wolves is a clear-eyed vision. Authentic as an Edward Curtis photograph, lyrical as a George Catlin oil or a Karl Bodmer landscape, this is a film with a pure ring to it.January 13, 2014
The important issues raised by the film- centered on the cultural, racial and moral struggle that took place on the American frontier-are glossed over in favor of a juvenile fantasy of male bonding around the campfire.February 22, 2013
Costner tells a personal story that never loses touch with the vast Western spaces encompassing and defining it. Dances With Wolves is an epic that breathes. And it's a beauty.January 13, 2014
Dances With Wolves runs a fraction more than three hours but justifies its running time.January 13, 2014
To say this movie is sporadically artful is to say that it is more interesting than most films around these days. But it is still a failure, if a glorious one.January 13, 2014
In an age when most movies are made by people who used to shoot commercials or music videos, the panoramic vistas of Dances with Wolves are an enjoyable reminder of the potential of the big screen.February 21, 2015
[Costner] makes it a true human story, portraying the range of emotions from tragedy to joy.January 13, 2014
This collective array of talent has yielded a western that is at once original and traditional. Dances With Wolves looks back to the masterworks of the past and, with its relevance to our present, it deserves to be ranked with them.December 05, 2016
It has greatness in it. It also has some distinct, even major flaws. But it's rather easy to get swept up in it.