Movie Reviews for Dream a Little Dream

Dream a Little Dream

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Movie Reviews of Dream a Little Dream

Movie Review: Freakier Friday
Summary: 3 Stars

This isn't quite a body switching movie because the switch isn't complete, but it resembles Freaky Friday in setting up a generation gap, putting the mind of the older protagonist into the body of the younger, and letting hilarity ensue.

The basic plot is more strange and complex than that, but plot isn't the strong point of this film. Apparently there was a lot that happened during the '80s that I don't remember, probably because of repression, judging from some of the stuff in the film. This movie is a refresher course on the fashion, attitudes, and popular music of the time, particularly for those who were in high school. "The two Coreys," whom I don't remember at all, were very popular, I've learned, and get most of the screen time. These facts alone are enough to recommend the movie to those with a fondness for '80s adolescence.

For the rest of us it's a mixed bag. If you like teen romantic comedies, this is that, with unconventional elements to keep it from being merely typical. The two Coreys are likable, if a little over-cute sometimes. The humor is pitched at the same level as the fashion, and while it's sharp enough for its type, it isn't as funny to me now as it would have been when I was in high school. The presence of some very good older actors not acting in very compelling roles doesn't change that. The movie tries to be real (I guess) by including student drinking and smoking, and has a subplot about escalating violence that includes a gun, but it's far from gritty or realistic; it stays firmly in the realm of fantasy. That may be good thing in a romantic comedy. The editing stands out, especially at first: MTV-ish but clever and fresh enough not to be annoying on the whole. The peculiar plot would hold some interest, but the way it's resolved is abrupt and weak in motivation.

The film has some of the appeal of Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Say Anything but doesn't rise to the same level of character and dialogue. Still, I liked it enough that I may watch it again someday to see if it grows on me.

Movie Review: My husband loves it , I found it a little confusing
Summary: 3 Stars

My husband loves this movie so I got it for him for his birthday. I had never seen it before and found some of it wasn't fully explained and it was a little weird but like I said my husband loves it. So I would give it 3 stars but my husband would probably give it 5 stars. If I recall corectly, I don't think this DVD has any special features.

Movie Review: Too old to appreciate, I guess
Summary: 2 Stars

I SAW THIS MOVIE MANY YEARS AGO. MY DAUGHTER WANTED IT FOR
HER BIRTHDAY. SHE LOVES IT, and all the old movies from the 80's
which I usually love, but this wasn't one of them.

Movie Review: I don't understand what just happened here
Summary: 1 Stars

The best thing I can say about this movie is it gives Corey schadenfreude enthusiasts (me) a whole lot to play with. It is literally the most incoherent and incomprehensible movie that has ever been concocted. It is worth something by being that and it shouldn't be just dismissed. Amongst all the body swap movies that were made and all the bad 80's teen movies (I'm looking at you Can't Buy Me Love) this is the only one that made me want to find a car battery or a small child and chuck it through the screen.

Where to start, well let's start with the beginning. The two Corey's in a clearly unscripted scene, "riff" off of one another, not to unlike their A&E opus. Things about love and wackin it. It goes on while credits interrupt. And it keeps going on, a meandering conversation by two guys clearly strung out on something and pretending to be high school students. THEN the credits really begin. This is an excellent precursor to what you will see in the coming two hours (which is when I think the opening credits actually end). Another scene has a rock ballad going while Feldman in one room and the delectable Ms. Salenger (where art thou?) in her own respective room, thinking about the other. And thinking, and thinking (I think). We get to hear pretty much the whole song by the time all this thinking sends them into slumberland where things make even less sense, but at least Jason Robards is there.

Let's talk about Robards here. There in my opinion, have been few if any better character actors than Robards. Only Hackman and Duvall can top him, I think. And what's more, is Feldman kind of looks and sounds a little bit like him naturally. And yet, there has never been a less convincing performance, not just in the body swap genre, but like ever. And I've seen a few Christian movies. And Transformers 2! But there's more, oh yes, there's more.

Despite the six or seven names above the title, some iconic, some named Corey, the second half of the movie really has nothing to do with ANY of them or the body swapping. It becomes a dull of wits (you read that right) between the two school physcos. And a monologue delivered by Feldman that reminded me of Henry Fonda in 12 Angry Men - If he played it in his current condition. There's even a dance scene that showcases Feldman's MJ like moves. Again, if they were done in his current condition.

And then mercifully it ends. And by ends, I mean it runs out of money. There is no explaination for what just happened. Ever. Actually I can't tell if money was the case. That would be my semi first guess, and they then stretched the scenes of "dialogue" and of course the "thinking". Or, and this could actually be even more plausible, they never knew in the first place. And judging by each individual scene, that makes even more sense. There are more akward moments here than on The Office.

I wish I could stop there. But alas, I have not yet reached the music. If you saw the title and thought, "Hey, I love that song!" You should buy this movie. You will get an earful of it. The original version, the new version, I think even other versions as well. Maybe Weird Al jumped in there too. Then, last and always least, Micheal Damian. Yeah, what a get. You could get Jason Robards and Harry Dean Stanton in the movie (and they didn't think to swap him with Haim? I am actually grateful for this) but you couldn't get anyone better than a Soap Opera star to sing the soundtrack song? And then to inundate my young high school generation at the time with it, well, I think we know who we can point the finger at for the economic collapse now.