A middleaged architect with conventional views finds his perspective on life dramatically shifted when he is one of few survivors of a disastrous plane crash. Based on the novel by Rafael Yglesias. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actress--Rosie Perez.
San Francisco architect and family man Max Klein survives the plane crash that kills his best friend and undergoes a mystical transformation. Having overcome not only his fear of flying, but his fear of death, Max emerges from the crash in a blissed, beatific state -- and finds himself no longer able to engage in normal life. Convinced of his own messianic powers, Max pours all his energies into helping a young Hispanic mother who lost her baby in the crash overcome her grief and crippling guilt. In the process he grows further and further away from his devoted wife and young son until he risks losing them -- and himself -- all together.
Color by Technicolor; shot with Panavision equipment.
Additional credits: Paul Babin (camera operator), Pacific Title (titles and opticals), Nina Saxon Film Design (title design), and Phil Judd (rerecording mixer).
"Mai Nozipo" composed by Dumisani Maraire, performed by the Kronos Quartet.
Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Classification.
Available to rent in the UK.
Review 1:
"...A serious, confidently made film...Well acted by the principals..."
Source: New York Times
p.C12 10/15/1993
Review 2:
"...Peter Weir in top form..." - Recommended
Source: Premiere
p.143 04/01/1994
Review 3:
"...It's refreshing to see a mainstream Hollywood film that so resolutely refuses to manipulate its audience, but rather invites us to watch and reflect and make up our own minds..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.41-2 05/01/1994
Review 4:
"...Bridges is transportingly fine, and he manages throughout to convey, without exaggeration, an altered state of mind that rivets the viewer..."
Source: Variety
10/18/1993
Review 5:
"...It is unusual for being essentially philosophical and introspective, rather than romantic....FEARLESS is like a short story that shines a bright light, briefly, into a corner where you usually do not look..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.45 10/15/1993
Review 6:
"...Peter Weir's instant cult movie is more like his mystical Australian works....[Bridges gives] another routinely great performance..."
Source: USA Today
p.3D 04/08/1994
Review 7:
"[With] the most horrifying plane crash in movie history..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.35 06/04/2004
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