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In Dreams

"You don't have to sleep to dream"

A suburban housewife learns that she has psychic connections to a serial killer, and can predict this person's motives through her dreams.

Top Cast

  • Annette Bening

    Annette Bening

    Claire Cooper

  • Aidan Quinn

    Aidan Quinn

    Paul Cooper

  • Stephen Rea

    Stephen Rea

    Doctor Silverman

  • Robert Downey Jr.

    Robert Downey Jr.

    Vivian Thompson

  • Paul Guilfoyle

    Paul Guilfoyle

    Detective Jack Kay

  • Dennis Boutsikaris

    Dennis Boutsikaris

    Doctor Stevens

  • Krystal Benn

    Krystal Benn

    Ruby

  • Lonnie Farmer

    Lonnie Farmer

    Nurse Rosco

  • Margo Martindale

    Margo Martindale

    Nurse Floyd

Overview

A suburban housewife learns that she has psychic connections to a serial killer, and can predict this person's motives through her dreams.

Rating

5.5 / 10
199 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • John Chard
    John Chard
    5 Feb 14, 2016

    Stylistic Dirge. In Dreams is directed by Neil Jordan and adapted to screenplay by Jordan and Bruce Robinson from the Bari Wood novel. It stars Annette Bening, Aidan Quinn, Robert Downey Jr.and Paul Guilfoyle. Music is by Elliot Goldenthal and cinematography by Darius Khondji. In this contrived thriller, Bening is a grief stricken housewife who finds her thoughts in sync with a serial killer (a ridiculously miscast Downey Jr.). Neil Jordan is a great director, but he's also a very frustrating one, case in point In Dreams. The visuals are outstanding here as Jordan and Khondji paint a nightmarish world, but the flashbacks are unfocused and any sense of suspense or plot progression is lost in a whirl of stylised indulgence. Strip away the style and you find a formulaic serial killer picture hiding behind arty farty stubbornness. Bening's performance deserves a better movie, and it is with her, and the visual smarts, that the pic remains of interest till its resolution. 5/10

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