Rated PG - Rotten Tomatoes freshness score 72%, Popcornmeter 58%, IMDB rating 6.4/10
Synopsis:
Pete and Al are hot-shot wildfire-fighting air-tanker pilots, but Pete has a tendency to push his luck, and one day he pushes it too far. When he doesn't come back, his girlfriend Dorinda is devastated and doesn't think she'll ever love again. When Pete wakes up on the other side, he discovers that he's dead, and then he's told that he's being sent back as a spirit to be an inspiration to another pilot. And then he's warned that anything he does for himself is a waste of spirit. Pete's pilot is Ted, and it tears Pete up when he sees that Dorinda and Ted are starting to develop feelings for each other. He is devastated, and doesn't know how can he help Ted and, at the same, resolve his feelings for Dorinda?
Thoughts:
First of all, the combo of Richard Dreyfuss, John Goodman, Holly Hunter and Brad Johnson alone is worth a rating much higher than ratings RT and IMDB give this movie. The drama, romance and comedy are all wonderful. Al the Pal may very well be my favorite John Goodman character.
Since I live in the mountain west, a fire-fighting movie seems particularly meaningful in these years of rampant wildfires.
I rate this movie AT LEAST 80% fresh.
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