What Dreams May Come [HD DVD]
by Vincent Ward
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Actor: Annabella Sciorra, Cuba Gooding Jr., Jessica Brooks Grant, Max von Sydow, Robin WilliamsDirector: Vincent Ward
Cinematographer: Eduardo Serra
Editor: David Brenner
Editor: Maysie Hoy
Producer: Ronald Bass
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Original Language); French (Dubbed)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-08-14
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of What Dreams May Come [HD DVD]
Movie Review: A Sight to Behold
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember a short movie trailer for the George Lucas film Willow and that trailer promised us a movie where you forget what you know as reality. Willow never delivered on that promise, but What Dreams May Come sure does. This is a film that brings you to a place beyond belief and keeps you discovering more as you go. While most dramas give you character and emotional development very few give you development on reality itself.
I can't get past the imagery of this film. This movie is all about being in Heaven and later on Hell. It is fantastic. It takes from settings that can only come from works of art to places that only Dante and Milton could have imagined. You get settings of extreme coolness, massive beauty, grand majesty, eerie melancholy and a few others in between. Reality definitely doesn't apply in this universe they put you in. Makes me wonder why Lucas ever dared make such a claim on a mere fantasy film. This movie is in the realm of mythological, spiritual and psychological metaphors that come to life. The concepts of Heaven and Hell you see on this film are truly fascinating.
This isn't an action film so don't bother asking. This isn't truly an adventure film although there is plenty of places to go that give an element of adventure. This is a love story by the highest order. You will get hit with some powerful dramatic impact that will both touch your heartstrings and even inspire you. Robin Williams along with the rest of the cast pull this emotional level off to a tee. You also get some fascinating character twists and development to match.
This is definitely a special effects movie and spared no technique to accomplish that. You get some grand matte work, detailed miniatures, lots of costumes and makeup effects, conventional camera effects and some really cool CG work. At times the special effects don't quite take you from reality as you can tell what the effect is, but that can easily forgivable considering it still accomplishes the goal of suspending your disbelief. The music is mostly of an uplifting and emotional sort, which is a good thing. Just don't expect any real dynamic in musical events.
What Dreams May Come is definitely for people with active imaginations. If you really want to see how far filmmakers can push the envelope in regards to twisting reality this is as good as it gets. Just remember this is a highly dramatic film so if you have a hard time watching that sort of movie remember: you have been warned. If you can get into a good dramatic love story that defies what conventional love stories should be then don't deny yourself this treat.
Summary of What Dreams May Come [HD DVD]
Robin Williams and Annabella Sciorra star in this visually stunning metaphysical tale of life after death. Neurologist Chris and artist Annie had the perfect life until they lost their children in an auto accident; they're just starting to recover when Chris meets an untimely death himself. He's met by a messenger named Albert (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and taken to his own personal afterlife--a freshly drawn world reminiscent of Annie's own artwork, still dripping and wet with paint. Meanwhile a depressed Annie takes her own life, compelling Chris to traverse heaven and hell to save Annie from an eternity of despair.
The multitextured visuals seem to have been created from a lost fairy tale. Heaven recalls the landscape paintings of Thomas Cole and Renaissance architecture complete with floating cherubs, while hell is a massive shipwreck, an upside-down cathedral overgrown with thorns and a sea of groaning faces popping out of the ground (one of those faces is German director Werner Herzog). Williams is the perfect actor to play against the imaginative computer-generated imagery--he himself is a human special effect. But the lack of chemistry between Williams and Sciorra is painfully apparent, and the flashback plot structure flattens the story's impact despite its deeply felt examinations of the heart and the spirit. Still, there's no denying Eugenio Zanetti's triumphant production design and the Oscar-winning special effects, which create a fully formed universe that is at once beautiful, eerie, and a unique example of movie magic. --Shannon Gee
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