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Dream Lover

1994, Mystery & thriller, 1h 43m

14 Reviews 500+ Ratings

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Movie Info

Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, Ray Reardon (James Spader), an architect, and hypnotically sensual Lena (Madchen Amick) are married with children. Only then does Ray catch his wife in escalating lies, which lead him to find out that Lena's past is invented and that she has been manipulating him ever since their first "chance" meeting. In the ensuing turmoil, Lena ends up with Ray's money, and he winds up in an institution -- from which he plots his return and revenge.

Rating:

R
Genre:

Mystery & thriller
Original Language:

English
Director:

Nicholas Kazan
Producer:

Lauren Lloyd, Wallis Nicita, Sigurjon Sighvatsson
Writer:

Nicholas Kazan
Release Date (Theaters):

Jan 9, 1994 original
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 1, 2006
Runtime:

1h 43m
Distributor:

Polygram
Sound Mix:

Stereo, Dolby, Surround

Cast & Crew

James Spader
Ray Reardon

Mädchen Amick
Lena Mathers

Bess Armstrong
Elaine

Fredric Lehne
Larry

Larry Miller
Norman

Kathleen York
Martha

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Critic Reviews for Dream Lover

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Audience Reviews for Dream Lover

Sep 26, 2011

A strangely done movie,

Cynthia S Super Reviewer
Mar 09, 2010

James Spader plays a very successful businessman who just got a divorce and is very lonely until he meets the beautiful Mädchen Amick. They marry and have children but soon he discovers that his seemingly perfect "Dream Lover" of a wife has many hidden secrets that she always seem to have a perfect explanation for. <br/>DREAM LOVER has a tightly wound plot and the twists and turns really work taking the viewer along for the ride as well. Definitely worth a rent for anyone looking for a psychological Neo-Noir style mystery thriller.

Deb S Super Reviewer
Jun 01, 2009

There was only one reason why I watched this and that reason was satisfied. Anyway, the actual movie was lame. I was distracted by above reason and in the olden days I would probably give this a high rating, but I'm looking past that, and rating fairly (sort of). Yeah, so without being cryptic... the plot was lame, acting was ok, good endind but the movie was fairly sucky.

Lauren D Super Reviewer
Jun 23, 2008

This psychological thriller is rather coldly calculated, but slickly made and unpredictable - it will certainly hold your interest, through you may hate yourself in the morning.

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