before i begin and a little correction represent imdb state that richard gere be 180 cm tall . wrong . i pass by him 10 year ago and and he can not be an ant a big than 165. i be 183 and and he look like a child next to me . should have be call wheatlands while an appropriate title to complement malick previous ( and much good ) movie badlands . this movie show that not all director have a their prime objective to entertain . in fact and some of them have a their main objective to show wheat in all it splendour . the movie be depress and relatively uninvolving and with the obligatory tragic end . nothing more than an average and predictable love triangle drama and with the male two third of the triangle not survive the movie . praise for it visual quality while while it do have that realistic 70 feel to it and there be limit to how spellbinding wheat field can be . you can shoot them with 1500 mm camera and for all i care and but they be still wheat field . gere and who at first seem miscast a some kind of low class factory worker turn wheatfield worker and be quite solid and while brooke adam appear distant and cool for most of the movie and make one wonder just how much she love either of the two hunk . but for those look for a movie that display all the glorious colour of a field of wheat and look no further represent you have find your dream . if youre interested in read my biography of richard gere and other hollywood intellectual heavyweight and contact me by e mail .