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The Postman
MEANRANK
53/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4890
- IMDb #4387
- Google retired #1545
- Rotten Tomatoes #4650
- Metacritic #4348
- Letterboxd #4574
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #5331
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3956
- Metacritic Critics #4820
- Metacritic Audience #2553
- Criticker #3339
- Kinopoisk #2082
- AlloCiné #4256
- Trakt #3824
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 14, highest is Google on 88. Critics average 22, everyone else 61.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →After a global war has decimated society, a wandering loner finds the uniform of a long-dead postal worker. To get a meal, he impersonates a postman, claiming to be from the "Restored United States." The simple lie sparks hope in a ravaged community, and he is reluctantly thrust into the role of a symbol for rebirth and connection, inspiring others to believe in the possibility of rebuilding civilization.
Details
- Director
- Kevin Costner
- Writers
- Brian Helgeland, Eric Roth
- Based on
- The Postman by David Brin
- Studio
- Tig Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Released
- 25 December 1997
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 178 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $80.0M
- Box office
- $17.6M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 12 →5 wins from 12 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Razzie Award 2000 | Worst Picture of the Decade | The Postman | Nominee |
| Golden Reel Award 1998 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Underscore | The Postman | Nominee |
| Razzie Award 1998 | Worst Picture | Kevin Costner, Steve Tisch, and Jim Wilson | Winner |
| Razzie Award 1998 | Worst Actor | Kevin Costner | Winner |
| Razzie Award 1998 | Worst Director | Kevin Costner | Winner |
| Razzie Award 1998 | Worst Screenplay | Eric Roth and Brian Helgeland, based on the book by David Brin | Winner |
| Razzie Award 1998 | Worst Original Song | The entire song selection | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 1998 | Best Actor | Kevin Costner | Nominee |
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12 awards — The Postman
×| Worst Actor | Kevin Costner | Winner |
| Worst Director | Kevin Costner | Winner |
| Worst Original Song | The entire song selection | Winner |
| Worst Picture | Kevin Costner, Steve Tisch, and Jim Wilson | Winner |
| Worst Screenplay | Eric Roth and Brian Helgeland, based on the book by David Brin | Winner |
| Worst Picture of the Decade | The Postman | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Kevin Costner | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Film | The Postman | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Will Patton | Nominee |
| Worst Director | Kevin Costner | Nominee |
| Worst Picture | The Postman | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Underscore | The Postman | Nominee |