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A Perfect World
1993
· Movie
· 138 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #886
- IMDb #1088
- Google retired #50
- Rotten Tomatoes #1584
- Metacritic #1065
- Letterboxd #793
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2287
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1251
- Metacritic Critics #1400
- Metacritic Audience #685
- Criticker #652
- Kinopoisk #370
- AlloCiné #364
- Trakt #1354
Every rating
62–98
out of 100
An escaped convict takes a young boy hostage and flees across Texas. The hardened criminal and the impressionable child form an unexpected bond during their journey, with the outlaw becoming a strange father figure. They are pursued by an experienced Texas Ranger who is tracking their every move.
Details
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Writers
- Clint Eastwood, John Lee Hancock
- Released
- 24 November 1993
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Box office
- $135.1M
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Awards
2 wins & 1 nomination total
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