In Dreams

Pros: Cinematography, Bening, Quinn, Rea , Robert Downey Jr, and Katie Sagona, the ending!
Cons: Over too soon. Scary.

A fascinating and frightening journey into the supernatural, this movie offers an artistic and poetic synthesis that few movies of this genre can claim. It is a movie you will want to watch more than once, although the first time will be enough to create...

Pros: Thought-provoking, deep, emotional
Cons: the ending....bad bad bad!

I'd wanted to see this movie when it was in the theatres, which, ironically, was at about the same time that "What Dreams May Come", starring Robin Williams was also released and highly advertised. So I rented both movies on the same night, a...

Pros: The photography of Darius Khondji
Cons: Sadly, the entire cast.

You don't have to sleep to dream. . . No, you simply have to watch this nightmare on screen to realize how sporadic the record of Neil Jordan has become, and how the viewer is expected to swallow hook, line and sinker an extremely improbable storyline,...

Pros: Outstanding performance from Annette Bening, original story
Cons: Exceptionally poor performance by Robert Downey Jr.

The Story

In 1965 two billion gallons of water flooded the evacuated town of Northfield in order to create a reservoir. Claire Cooper lives near the Northfield Reservoir, and is currently having dreams about a little girl being led...

Pros: Did I mention Annette Bening?
Cons: Kinda hokey towards the end.

This is a pretty good movie, with an exceptional performance by Annette Bening. What could have been just another psycho-horror flick is raised beyond its limitations into a genuinely scary, intelligently written and beautifully photographed film. Yes,...

Pros: Creepy
Cons: Unbelievable, full of loose ends

I can put up with almost anything in a film, as long as it doesn't insult my intelligence. In Dreams is actively offensive to anyone whose IQ measures above room-temperature.

In Dreams succeeds on one, and only one, goal. The premise is...

Pros: Great performances by Benning and Downey. Dream sequences were visually pleasing.
Cons: Not many surprises. A lot was left unexplained.

In Dreams is a psychological thriller starring the amazing Annette Benning as Claire Cooper. A children's book illustrator, who has the ability to see very disturbing parts of the past and future. The troubled, but brilliant Robert...

Pros: cinematography, sets
Cons: casting, muddled story

"In Dreams" is a muddled, psychological horror film. It was directed by Neil Jordan ("The Crying Game", "Interview with the Vampire"), and like many of his past efforts, the film has been interesting, but in the end,...

Pros: Striking visuals, awesome acting by Bening
Cons: Surprisingly, Robert Downey Jr. Some lapses in logic, too (but what movie doesn't have those?)

In Dreams is the sort of film that really sticks with me.
No opening sequence rivals that of salvage divers swimming ethereally through a submerged town.
No actress in any recent film, much less a "thriller" has so skillfully conveyed...

Pros: Occasional chills and a few interesting visuals and sub-plots
Cons: Despicable characters and a recycled plot

For any of you who saw the trailers for this film, it was obvious even from mere previews that "In Dreams" was nothing original.

The film's plot centers around a middle-aged artist and author, Claire Cooper (Anette Bening), and her...

Pros: good performance by Bening
Cons: Too long, and the story was weak and uninteresting

"In Dreams" had all the aspects needed to be a great film experience. With performers like Annette Bening, Aidan Quinn, Robert Downing Jr., and Stephen Rea, how could this film be anything but a successful. Well you would be wrong and I was...

Pros: Good performance by Robert Downey Jr.
Cons: Aidan Quinn DIES!!!!

“In Dreams” is the newest film from Neil Jordan, acclaimed director of “The Crying Game” and “Interview with the Vampire”. As with his previous films, Jordan delivers a great film rife with haunting images, unexpectedly good performances and...

Pros: Good performance by Downey
Cons: The seats were facing the screen

Every so often, amidst the generally mediocre output of Hollywood films, there comes along one that is so wretchedly bad, that if it were an in-flight offering the unfortunate viewer might entertain notions of walking out on it. Just such a film is...

Pros: SUSPENSFUL, CREEPY
Cons: none

A truly creepy film. This one stars Robert Downy Jr. He plays a Phsycotic killer who stalks a woman and her family. The terror begins in this film on the night of one of her daughters school plays. After the play, he daughter is kidnapped, killed and...

Pros: None
Cons: Dumb and gruesome

Even if Robert Downey, Jr.'s very presence didn't annoy me as much as it does, I would still dislike "In Dreams." This movie seeks to be original but only succeeds in being disgusting and stupid.

Annette Bening plays Claire Cooper,...