Opening

86% Captain Phillips Oct 11
31% Machete Kills Oct 11
—— Haunt Oct 11
41% All the Boys Love Mandy Lane Oct 11
—— Romeo and Juliet Oct 11
67% Escape From Tomorrow Oct 11
—— CBGB Oct 11
—— The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister And Pete Oct 11
—— Zero Charisma Oct 11
—— Where the Devil Hides Oct 11
Show More
Show All

Top Box Office

97% Gravity $55.8M
59% Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 $21.0M
8% Runner Runner $7.7M
81% Prisoners $5.7M
88% Rush $4.5M
82% Don Jon $4.2M
18% Baggage Claim $4.1M
35% Insidious: Chapter 2 $3.9M
63% Pulling Strings $2.5M
95% Enough Said $2.2M
56% Instructions Not Included $1.8M
47% We're The Millers $1.6M
33% The Family $1.5M
73% Lee Daniels' The Butler $1.2M
—— Grace Unplugged $1.0M
78% Metallica Through the Never $0.7M
60% Riddick $0.5M
5% Battle of the Year $0.5M
75% Despicable Me 2 $0.5M
38% Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters $0.4M
Show All
Show More

Coming Soon

78% Kill Your Darlings Oct 16
—— Carrie Oct 18
—— Escape Plan Oct 18
35% The Fifth Estate Oct 18
97% 12 Years a Slave Oct 18
100% All Is Lost Oct 18
75% Haunter Oct 18
—— Paradise Oct 18
Show All
Show More

Tonight's Premieres

—— Supernatural: Season 9

Tonight's New Episodes

89% Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Season 1
—— Chicago Fire: Season 2
0% Dads: Season 1
55% The Goldbergs: Season 1
29% Lucky 7: Season 1
87% Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 1
88% The Mindy Project: Season 2
—— NCIS: Season 11
—— NCIS: Los Angeles: Season 5
100% New Girl: Season 3
55% The Originals: Season 1
100% Person Of Interest: Season 3
80% Sons of Anarchy: Season 6
74% Trophy Wife: Season 1

On Last Night

—— 2 Broke Girls: Season 3
—— Bones: Season 9
83% The Blacklist: Season 1
—— Castle: Season 6
56% Hostages: Season 1
100% How I Met Your Mother: Season 9
66% Mom: Season 1
75% Sleepy Hollow: Season 1
5% We Are Men: Season 1

Sweet Dreams Play Trailer

Sweet Dreams (1985)

tomatometer

80

Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 1

No consensus yet.

audience

76

liked it
Average Rating: 3.7/5
User Ratings: 6,317

My Rating

Movie Info

Patsy Cline was one of the first great female stars of country music, and her best-known hits (such as "Sweet Dreams" and "Walking After Midnight") not only broadened the audience for country but brought a new sophistication to the Nashville sound. Cline was at the peak of her popularity when she died in a plane crash in 1963, and Sweet Dreams is a biopic which examines her life and career, with a particular focus on her troubled relationship with her second husband, Charlie Dick. Cline (played

PG-13,

Documentary, Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

,

Robert Getchell

Aug 7, 2001

HBO Video - Official Site External Icon

Cast

ADVERTISEMENT

Sweet Dreams Trailer & Photos

Critic Reviews for Sweet Dreams

All Critics (18) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (1) | DVD (2)

Lange and Harris, dangerously well-matched, give us lovers whom only success could sunder.

January 3, 2012 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times
Sheila Benson
Los Angeles Times
Top Critic IconTop Critic

The two main performances are excellent: Lange plays the singer without a hint of condescension to her dreams of 'a big house with yellow roses', while Harris is persuasively menacing, with an inventively foul mouth.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
Top Critic IconTop Critic

Miss Lange makes herself a perfect physical extension of the vibrant, changeable, enormously expressive woman who can be heard on these recordings.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times
Janet Maslin
New York Times
Top Critic IconTop Critic

There isn't the sense of a well-shaped structure in this movie; there's no clear idea of what the filmmakers thought about Patsy Cline, or what thoughts her life is supposed to inspire.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Top Critic IconTop Critic

Director Karel Reisz and screenwriter Robert Getchell create a tightly woven drama with two strong main characters and a number of fine supporting roles, and the love story at the film's center is convincing.

January 3, 2012 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Patsy Cline musical bio hits true notes

October 24, 2004
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan Source: Kansas City Kansan

Beautifully celebrates the spirit of country singer Patsy Cline.

August 22, 2004 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Jessica Lange plays Cline and gives her friskiest, most intriguing performance to date.

July 31, 2003 Full Review Source: James Sanford on Film
James Sanford
James Sanford on Film

Lange's performance as tragic country crooner Cline, whose life was brought to a premature end by an unfortunate meeting of her plane and a mountain, is the main reason to watch this lively biopic.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4
Film4
View all critic reviews (18)

Audience Reviews for Sweet Dreams

jessica lange is wonderful as always and ed harris is fine also but the real gem performance is ann wedgeworth as the mother
April 5, 2007
jjnxn
jay nixon

Super Reviewer

Doesn't do any justice to it's subject while mercilessly straining to cash in on the success of the infinitely better "Coal Miner's Daughter". This just isn't an interesting story. Patsy Cline is not an interesting character, and Jessica Lange does not make her any more interesting. Ed Harris is the only real high point. His performance, especially in the final half hour, is very strong.
July 29, 2007
jrmcm
J M
View all audience reviews

Sweet Dreams Quotes

    1. Patsy Cline: I can't stand it. Makes me want to scream and claw my face.
    – Submitted by Alyssa B (2 years ago)
View all quotes (1)

Discussion Forum

There are no discussion threads yet for this movie.

View all posts (0)

What's Hot On RT

The Hobbit
The Hobbit

New Desolation of Smaug trailer!

Diana Trailer
Diana Trailer

Naomi Watts is Princess Di

RT on DVD & Blu-Ray
RT on DVD & Blu-Ray

The Hangover 3, The Purge, and More

<em>The Nut Job</em>
The Nut Job

Trailer for a squirrely heist flick

Primetime Preview
Primetime Preview

See what's on TV tonight

Fresh Links

Halloween Movies For Wimps
Halloween Movies For Wimps External Link
 Scary movies too scary for you? Here are some alternatives for October 31st.
10 Best Superhero TV Shows
10 Best Superhero TV Shows External Link
 HitFix combs through TV history to compile a superpowered list.
Ridiculous Movie Mistakes
Ridiculous Movie Mistakes External Link
 RollingStone proves even the best movies miss a details here and there.
Deadly Movie Kids
Deadly Movie Kids External Link
 Moviefone lists 11 Movie Kids Who Could Kick Our Asses.
50 States, 50 Movies
50 States, 50 Movies External Link
 For July 4th, TimeOut has compiled 50 state-specific movie choices.
Follow RT on Twitter!
Follow RT on Twitter! External Link
 Spice up your feed with hourly Tomatometer updates!

Movie & TV News

Featured on RT

Comments

Top Headlines

View all movie & TV news

Foreign Titles

  • Sweet Dreams (DE)
  • Sweet Dreams (UK)
Help | About | Jobs | Critics Submission | Press | API | Licensing | Mobile
Copyright © Flixster, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright Policy | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Ad Choices