Phyllis Dietrichson is trapped in a loveless marriage to a man who inspires in her nothing but contempt, but rather than leave him Phyllis decides to kill him and collect on the insurance policy she's had set up with the help of her lover, and naive partner in crime, insurance salesman Walter Neff. The only flaws in their plan are the company's reluctance to pay out so much, the diligence of Neff's increasingly suspicious colleague, (and his 'little man'), and the exemplary ruthlessness of Ph find out more...

Costner is superb as an inexperienced farmer who starts hearing voices and is considered mad when he builds a baseball pitch over his crop and then goes in search of an ageing sixties guru. A delightful and daringly sentimental parable of a man who has the courage to pursue his dreams. Goosebump city.