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What Dreams May Come, 1998
English
USA, New Zealand
Profile of What Dreams May Come
What Dreams May Come can be described as bittersweet, gloomy, and stylized. The plot revolves around the afterlife, redemption, and supernatural occurences. The main genres are drama, romance, and fantasy. In terms of style, What Dreams May Come is surreal and is a melodrama. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. It takes place in the 1990s. What Dreams May Come is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being an Oscar winner. Note that it involves mild violent content and profanity.
Summary of What Dreams May Come
Four years after the tragic death of their children in a car accident, Dr. Chris Nielsen (Robin Williams) is estranged from his wife, Annie (Annabella Sciora), a painter who finds solace in deep and mystical expressionist landscapes. When flustered Annie calls him for support, he rushes out to help and is killed in a road accident. His ghost is greeted by an old mentor, Albert (Cuba Gooding Jr.), who leads him in Ghost-of-Christmas-Past-style to Annie's side. But when Chris realizes that his adherence to the corporeal world is torture to himself and the living Annie, he breaks free of his Earthly bonds and dives into the visual smorgasbord that is the afterlife. There he splashes though clouds and gobs of technicolor paint in breathtaking landscapes suggested to him by Annie's paintings. From there, to grandiose Romanesque cities of flying children, Chris and his old dog are met by a gorgeous stewardess, who reveals herself as a nearly forgotten face from his past. As Chris reconciles with his children in a world where imagination is his palette, in the real world Annie becomes sicker and sicker, and finally enters the afterlife herself. Due to the myriad rules of the Other Side, she is unable to join Chris or her children, and Chris begins a fight for his future with his soul mate.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA, New Zealand |
| Release date: | 28 September 1998 |
| Runtime: | 113 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as Chris Nielsen
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The Onion (A.V. Club)
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- by: Nathan Rabin
Entertainment Weekly
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- by: Owen Gleiberman
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- 09.April.2011
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- by: Kimberly
- Kimberly rated this movie
9/10Amazing
- 29.January.2011
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- by: Connor M. Goodwin
- Connor M. Goodwin rated this movie6/10Okay
