A perfect B movie for the 1980s: light and trashy, with political overtones and a blend of science fiction and paranoia, all calculated to provide fun for an audience disinclined to take matters seriously.
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05/30/07
Dreamscape (1983)
78 %
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Reviews Counted: 27
Fresh: 21
Rotten:6
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Consensus: Dreamscape mixes several genres -- horror, sci-fi, action -- and always maintains a sense of adventure and humor.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: A university dream research clinic is exploring "dreamlinking", a method by which conscious people can insert themselves into others' dreams. The research director recruits washed-up psychic Alex... [More]
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Max Von Sydow, Kate Capshaw, Christopher Plummer
Director: Joseph Ruben
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Reviews for Dreamscape
Top CriticFilm [from a screen story by David Loughery] centers on 'dreamlinking', the psychic projection of one person's consciousness into a sleeping person's subconscious, or his dreams. If that sounds far-fetched, it is.
05/30/07
Top CriticUnderrated, extremely fun genre picture
05/25/06
This is as good a piece of solid, down-the-line schlock as anything to come along since Halloween III.
01/26/06
Top CriticPretty solid thriller with Quaid in his element.
10/24/05
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06/11/05
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04/01/05
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01/14/05
Intrigues still, fascinating inside-the-brain experience
10/24/04
Most movies that try to crowd so much into an hour and a half end up looking like a shopping list, but Dreamscape works, maybe because it has a sense of humor.
10/23/04
Top CriticNo review available.
10/01/04
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03/22/04
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02/10/04
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08/29/03
Mostly maladroit, without the kind of high gloss or confidence that might help carry its audience along.
05/20/03
Top CriticAn imaginative sci-fi thriller, even though the effects don't hold up today.
05/08/03
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02/16/03
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02/04/03
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01/09/03
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