Through the relationship between a soldier from the Civil War and an Indian party in Sioux, this thrilling and powerful story, which seems to be different under long-term military wars, is based. The story tells of a lieutenant in the Union army traveling on a mission to the US border to find a military post. After a short time, the lieutenant discovers that he has to deal with a group of Indians in Lakota, and perhaps it will be quite different in terms of the cultures, circumstances and strong thoughts that he was accustomed to after a period of time.
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.
Tulsa World
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.