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The Postman
The Postman
Category: Movie

Buy New: $2.99



Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 245 reviews
Sales Rank: 5645

Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 178 minutes

ASIN: B001BA0QM0

Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1997
Release Date: November 8, 2008  (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Customer Reviews:   Read 240 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars One of the Most Underrated Films of All Time   November 18, 2008
This is one of the most underrated movies of all time. The Postman is not just your average post-apocalyptic scenario. It is a deeply emotional and philosophical film about the power of hope. What I love about this movie is that it shows how something very simple-- mail-- can become a symbol for everything that makes us human and for everything that makes us American. Yes, its a little long, and yes, the ending requires a slight suspension of disbelief. But the movie is good enough that you wont notice the length, and moving enough that disbelief hardly even enters the mind. I love this film, and recommend it highly.


4 out of 5 stars I THINK that I want this DVD, but.....   October 25, 2008
I THINK that I want this DVD, but I'm still sour with Universal about the "Jet Li's Fearless: director's cut DVD (in case you don't know, IT WAS NOT ON EITHER DISC, just the first two original versions, and they seem to not be willing to reemberse the money of the people who actualy bought it, so...I'm cautious..


4 out of 5 stars The Postman   June 2, 2008
 0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I LOVE this movie! I am still of the generation that loves real MAIL. As much as I love modern technology and use it, there is still NOTHING as awesome as opening my mailbox and seeing a letter from a close friend or loved one! When the "mayor" yells out--as he's being shot--with the letter he'd received from his sister via the Postman, "Ride, Postman! Do you hear me? Ride!"--I cry like a baby with goosebumps all over my body! It's true. We have become so dependent upon emails and text messaging that we have gotten away from the truest, best form of communication: a simple letter. Amazing movie. I wish more people would realize the amazing value of this great movie!


5 out of 5 stars The Postman   May 25, 2008
 0 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. The story and acting are great, but there are a few episodes in the movie that don't seem believable. Still, it opens ones eyes to what could be ahead and the benefits of working together instead of being alone in the World.


1 out of 5 stars Worse than Waterworld   April 30, 2008
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

Its baffles me that anyone could think this a 3 star movie, but 5 stars? This plays like a hodge-podge assembled from two or three different scripts based on different short stories, with casting giving it a PC spin, probably done to try to deflect the deserved harsh criticism. Of course, the entire story of the savior postman is enough to make most sane people embrace the apocalypse.

Perhaps if Tom Petty had starred as the singing postman it might have worked better as an intentionally funny send up of pop culture fashioning new messiahs.


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