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In Dreams (1999)
Rate:
2
Viewed:
6/25
6/25:
I must congratulate everybody involved with In Dreams for winning Most Overdone Movie of the Year in 1999.
The show was pretty much over about fifteen minutes into it with lots of unintentionally hilarious scenes,
forcing me to say, "My goodness...what were they thinking?" Memo to Hollywood: always use proper lighting because
dark cinematography is a big no-no. And another one to Neil Jordan: stop putting Stephen Rea in every film you do!
Annette Bening was giving a good performance to rise above the rubbish, but it came undone during the second
half, especially when Robert Downey, Jr., showed up. That's when the film started to nosedive big time, causing
my rating to go from '5' to '2'. Hence, he's a leading contender for Worst Supporting Actor of the Year.
By the way, that wasn't Robert Downey, Jr., the whole time; a different actor was used if he looked smaller.
A hybrid between Jacob's Ladder and
The Cell, the story is so stupid that it's convoluted. Neil Jordan
rationalized, "How people try and make sense of their own lives with the tools available like logic and a sense
of consequence, and these forces erupt into lives that make no sense." Uh...right; he just hit the nail on the
head. Mind explaining that to me one more time?
When the mother said she had the same dreams all her life, maybe she should've been more specific in her
description to catch the killer, huh? Of course, who cares about the husband whose face has been eaten by a dog
or the murdered daughter? What's with these lavish productions for elementary school plays that I've been seeing
in plenty of films?
All in all, if you're easily scared by apples, I suppose In Dreams will do.