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Alex Gardner
Jane DeVries
Doctor Paul Novotny
Bob Blair
The President
Charlie Prince
Critic Reviews for Dreamscape
All Critics (31) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (7)
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Film [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.
May 30, 2007 | Full Review… -
This is as good a piece of solid, down-the-line schlock as anything to come along since Halloween III.
January 26, 2006 | Full Review… -
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.
October 23, 2004 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
Mostly maladroit, without the kind of high gloss or confidence that might help carry its audience along.
May 20, 2003 | Rating: 2.5/5 -
Very, very '80s, but lots of fun too.
January 1, 2000 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
There's little doubt, then, that Dreamscape improves immeasurably...
August 4, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Dreamscape
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Feb 21, 2020Dennis Quaid played the same guy in all of his early work: smirking jock. Here that character has psychic abilities that allow him to smirk and to enter dreams just in time to save The President (Eddie Albert, pocketing an easy paycheck) from his bad dreams. Max von Sydow and Christopher Plummer, hearing that easy paychecks we're being giving out, stop by to get theirs too, why not? This could have been more, but it isn't, so what?Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
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Jul 24, 2012Tommy Ray Glatman: In this world, Alex, you're nothing. And me, I'm God. "Close Your Eyes and The Adventure Begins" Dreamscape is an extremely silly movie, but it isn't without its merits. Featuring a story that is a cross of Nightmare on Elm Street and Inception, Dreamscape has some interesting ideas about nightmares and how we could build a story around them. The movie is actually a pretty fun ride, looking back. There were moments when I said to myself, "This is stupid", but in the end I liked it just enough. There's some interesting stuff that balances out all the bad things. Such as the performances from Plummer and von Sydow balancing out the performance of Quaid, who wasn't horrible, but had moments where he was. Dreamscape follows a man named Alex, who has endless psychic ability, but gave it all up at the age of nineteen. Now he only uses his abilities to pick winning horses. He soon finds himself back in action though, when he asked to help out in a new area, called Dreamscape. He goes into the dreams of people and can do pretty much anything. Soon he finds out that someone has a more sinister use for Dreamscape then he at first thought. Now it is up to him to bring an end to it. This is a movie that has that weird movie feel that can only come from the 80's. The effects are terrible when looked at today, and it made it kind of hard to watch, at times. Overall though, the effects were used in an almost humorous way, which actually made the movie more enjoyable. There were just a few instances where the effects seemed to overpower the interesting story that was taking place. Dreamscape isn't a movie that is overly thrilling or engaging, it is just a decent way to spend an hour and a half. I didn't fall in love with it, but it could have been exponentially worse. As it is, I would it give a mild recommendation. I personally wouldn't run out to see it again, but there's some stuff in Dreamscape that could appeal to other people on a grander scale, than it did me.Melvin W Super Reviewer
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Dec 05, 2011People can go into other peoples dreams and interact, a goverment progham has people being treaten this way, people who are troubled but within this a plot is taking place to get rid of the president of united states who is about to strike peace with the russians. Dennis quaid a person with strong powers for this job and now out of it all is brought back, but he soon discovers all is not well and this kicking off. the film 80s dated now is enjoyable a young Dennis quaid not great but engageing, there are silly moments throughout but for a 80s fantsasy film there are a lot worse out there.scott g Super Reviewer
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Feb 05, 2011Loved the premise and the cast in this movie! Considering that this was made the same year as Nightmare on Elm Street it is hard to know who came up with the dream killer idea, but both films are very different. For the time and its budget Dreamscape is very good.Jason R Super Reviewer
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