Sad and thought provoking, and the performances of its leads make it well worth watching.
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The Dreamlife of Angels (1999)
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Reviews Counted:42
Fresh:39
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: Showcasing excellent lead performances, The Dreamlife of Angels is an intelligent, absorbing character study of two women.
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Reviews for The Dreamlife of Angels
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10/25/02
Bouchez and Régnier manage to make every scene ... crackle with a static charge.
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03/24/02
A sensitive, straightforward film that thankfully avoids sentimentality but nevertheless leaves a visceral impact on its viewers.
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An engrossing, occasionally revelatory experience.
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The movie understands what few American movies admit: Not everyone can afford the luxury of following their hearts.
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05/26/06
Remarkably well-acted and poignant.
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film portraiture of rare intelligence and subtlety
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While that's not enough to make me go crazy over this one (like some people), it is enough for me to genuflect quite a bit in awe of good characters and good details done.
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These days it's so rare to find a movie that even works on anything more than a superficial level that it's a real moviegoing pleasure to discover one that works on many levels.
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Zonca shows an extraordinary ability to get into the female psyche.
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Top CriticThis slow-moving film would have been a sleeper-literally -- were it not for leads Bouchez and Régnier.
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In an American indie, the two girls would be cute slackers; in Dreamlife, they're imbued with the inchoate sadness of feminine existential loneliness.
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Top CriticThe two gifted young women [Bouchez and Regnier] are the best thing about this quirky drama of friendship and survival.
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04/17/02
Allows the viewer to not only see, but experience the pain of these characters.
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