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Releasing on Nov 10, 2023
- 2023
- R
- A24
- 1 h 40 m
- 2023
- R
- A24
- 1 h 40 m
Summary Hapless family man Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom.
Directed By: Kristoffer Borgli
Written By: Kristoffer Borgli
- 2023
- R
- A24
- 1 h 40 m
- 2023
- R
- A24
- 1 h 40 m
Dream Scenario
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Available after Nov 10, 2023
Summary Hapless family man Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom.
Directed By: Kristoffer Borgli
Written By: Kristoffer Borgli
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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86% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
76
86% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
14% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Over the span of his 120-plus film career, Nicolas Cage has been a lot of things — but he may have never been as flat-out hilarious as he is in Dream Scenario.
Dream Scenario is simply the best absurdist comedy of its kind since “Anomalisa” (the Kaufman connection being further cemented by a Cage performance that feels like it was born from superimposing both of his “Adaptation” characters on top of each other. …And also by a running joke about antkind).
This is an ambitious, often provocative interrogation of masculinity, cancel culture, social media, and the power of celebrity through a humorous lens.
Dream Scenario is like a strange dream that doesn’t quite go in the direction you would’ve hoped, but still, you’re glad you got to experience that vision.
Kristoffer Borgli’s film presents a perfectly absurdist setup that allows Nicolas Cage to flex his singular acting muscles in increasingly hilarious directions.
Part horror movie and part sideways swipe at cancel culture and social pariahdom, Dream Scenario is the sort of high-concept, surreal comedy that Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, and Charlie Kaufman used to do on the regular — think Eternal Nicshine of the Spotless Cage.
Borgli’s feature is just another somewhat edgy movie that has nothing to say.
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