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Dream a Little Dream (1989)

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In 1987-88, a quartet of films with the same basic body-switching premise deluged theaters: Like Father, Like Son (1987), Big (1988), Vice Versa (1988), and 18 Again (1988). One year later, Dream a Little Dream (1989) followed suit. Coleman Ettinger (Jason Robards) is forever scolding the local high school students who use his yard as a shortcut to and from their nearby school. Coleman is not a crotchety old coot, however. He's deeply in love with his wife Gena (Piper Laurie) and is good friends

PG-13, 1 hr. 54 min.

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Oct 21, 2003

Vestron Video

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All Critics (9) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (9) | DVD (4)

This is one incoherent movie; I have a hunch that the writers could not figure it out, either.

May 21, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
New York Times
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Folks staggering out of Dream a Little Dream may well wonder what the heck they just saw.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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Dream a Little Dream is an aggressively unwatchable movie.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
Chicago Sun-Times
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A relentless soundtrack beats throughout the film, and the scenes cut quickly from one location to another in an attempt at 'clever' editing that merely adds to the clouded feel of the movie.

July 25, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
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The best things in this movie were Meredith Salinger's breasts.

March 25, 2005 Comment
7M Pictures

Total crap.

April 14, 2004 Comment
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Audience Reviews for Dream a Little Dream

A strange, but fun tale of body switching, and it's got both Coreys! I highly recommend it, it's a great teen movie.

September 6, 2010
ajv2688

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The two Corey's again hmmm odd plot here, nothing original but plenty of holes leaving you wondering what on earth is really happening. There is no proper explainations as to how and why the body/mind switch happens and then it all becomes nothing at the end?? huh?Poor performances from all really, many of the bigger

May 13, 2010
phubbs1

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