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Actors: Kevin Costner Clint Eastwood
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about A Perfect World
Escaped from prison the main character (Costner) tries to regain his freedom while is hunted by the lawnmen led by a sheriff (Eastwood). Costner's hostage (a child) makes the main character becomes a sort of step father, but the hard reality soon catches up.
--Massimo Moretti, Resident Scholar



Analysis of A Perfect World
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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 1960's-1970's
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kids: - general coming of age story
Crime & Scandal Yes
Escape/Rescue? - escape/rescue from prison/confinement

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - accused criminal
Age: - 20's-30's
Hair color? - blonde
Hair type - (man) short/standard wavey
Unclothed? - Chest
Events of movie makes character more... - caring - sad
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) average build
How much in movie? - 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - general circumstances
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 90%-100%

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast
Misc setting - prison

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel... - unhappy
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
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