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What Dreams May Come (1998)

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Reviews Counted:16

Fresh:9

Rotten:7

Average Rating:5.7/10

Consensus: An insubstantial plot overshadows the beautiful, surreal scenery.

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Four years after the tragic death of their children in a car accident, Dr. Chris Nielsen (Robin Williams) is estranged from his wife, Annie (Annabella Sciora), a painter who finds solace in deep... Four years after the tragic death of their children in a car accident, Dr. Chris Nielsen (Robin Williams) is estranged from his wife, Annie (Annabella Sciora), a painter who finds solace in deep and mystical expressionist landscapes. When flustered Annie calls him for support, he rushes out to help and is killed in a road accident. His ghost is greeted by an old mentor, Albert (Cuba Gooding Jr.), who leads him in Ghost-of-Christmas-Past-style to Annie's side. But when Chris realizes that his adherence to the corporeal world is torture to himself and the living Annie, he breaks free of his Earthly bonds and dives into the visual smorgasbord that is the afterlife. There he splashes though clouds and gobs of technicolor paint in breathtaking landscapes suggested to him by Annie's paintings. From there, to grandiose Romanesque cities of flying children, Chris and his old dog are met by a gorgeous stewardess, who reveals herself as a nearly forgotten face from his past. As Chris reconciles with his children in a world where imagination is his palette, in the real world Annie becomes sicker and sicker, and finally enters the afterlife herself. Due to the myriad rules of the Other Side, she is unable to join Chris or her children, and Chris begins a fight for his future with his soul mate. [More]

Starring: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding, Annabella Sciorra, Max Von Sydow

Starring: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding, Annabella Sciorra, Max Von Sydow, Rosalind Chao

Director: Vincent Ward

Director: Vincent Ward
Screenwriter: Ronald Bass
Composer: Michael Kamen

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May 25, 1999

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Here's what's wrong with giant movie screens: You can fill them with extreme close-ups of Robin Williams' face!

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Bob Fenster
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Arizona Republic
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A visual feast not to be passed up and bound to pack an emotional punch for many viewers!

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Dennis Lim
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Village Voice
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Dripping with bold visual aplomb and sugar-coated mysticism, Vincent Ward’s film is a staunch romantic's romance for those who believe—or want to believe—in eternal love.

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Eleonore Snow
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Director Vincent Ward's view of heaven is surreal and spectacular!

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James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
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The afterlife movie soars to new visionary heights in 'What Dreams May Come.'

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Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
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As rare and odd, and visually breathtaking, as modern filmmaking gets!

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Michael Wilmington
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Chicago Tribune
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If the film's morose sentimentality sidesteps ludicrousness, it's also not very dramatic.

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Owen Gleiberman
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Entertainment Weekly
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A visual blast.

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Paul Tatara
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`What Dreams May Come' is so breathtaking, so beautiful, so bold in its imagination!

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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Few films delight the eye the way Vincent Ward's What Dreams May Come does!

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Stanley Kauffmann
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New Republic
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All the weeping and hugging the characters do can't make up for the film's fatal lack of texture and psychological nuance.

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Stephen Holden
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New York Times
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It's not much, other than the vision thing.

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Stephen Hunter
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Washington Post
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In both concept and execution, they testify to painfully banal sensibilities.

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