In Dreams (1999)

A Rollercoaster ride into the madness and a artistic highpoint in Neil Jordan's remarkable career. In Dreams is easily his most overlooked film and should got wider release back in 1998. Instead it went straight to dvd in many countries and therefore wasn't seen by that many.
There are so many things here to praise. First of all there has never been a film, before or after this one, which has had this kind of strange magical atmosphere mixed into autumnal colours and mood. In the hands of Jordan, this film is more like a twisted fairytale with moments of pure horror than just a supernatural thriller.
Secondly Annette Bening's performance is one of the greatest works in any film that i have ever seen. She goes from happy housewife to grieving mother and there to a possessed woman who loses her sanity while she is trying to make sense of her distubing visions and dreams that haunts her. Her sadness, rage and pain is so convincing that it is easy to identify to her emotions. There is a moment where she is searching for her lost child with police in the cold and dark forest and that scene is absolutely heartbreaking. She seems not only to act her role, she is living it.
Third and the last thing i must mention is the music by Elliot Goldenthal that is a crucial element here for a creating the unique mood that this film has. His music is the topping of this great film. It perfectly captures all the emotions that this film goes through. We can sense the despair, sadness, horror, pain and grief from his work here. He wisely hired Cocteau Twins's Elizabeth Fraser to add ethereal beauty in the soundtrack and it was a move that paid off. Goldenthal's score for In Dreams will always be one of the greatest examples of mixing traditional score with more experimental styles.
Those were only three remarkable things that i mentioned and the list is a long one. I advise you to see this underrated and forgotten masterpiece. It is a film like late summer day's dream. Magical, haunting and hypnotic. In Dreams is a true gem.