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What Dreams May Come (1998) 6.7
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Metascore: 44/100
Reviews: 590 user | 117 critic | 25 from Metacritic.com After dying in a car crash a widowed man searches the afterlife for his wife. Director:Vincent Ward |
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Cast
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Ian Nielsen
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Stacey Jacobs
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Reverend Hanley
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Woman in Car Accident
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Paul P. Card IV | ... |
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Plot Synopsis
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Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven. Written by Scott Huntsman <guru@movieguru.com>
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After life there is more. The end is just the beginning.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements involving death, some disturbing images and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
2 October 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Más allá de los sueños See more »Box Office
Budget:
$85,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£230,610 (UK) (25 December 1998)Gross:
£1,531,653 (UK) (15 January 1999)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Based on Variations of "Beside You"
Composed by Mark Snow (as Martin Fulterman) and Michael Kamen
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Trivia
The last scene in which we see Annie alive, sitting on a bed writing in her journal, there is a triptych, or panel painting, by Early Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch. The painting, called "The Garden of Earthly Delights", features three panels. The first being Bosch's interpretation of Heaven, the second, Earth, and the last, Hell. See more »Goofs
At the end of the movie when Chris and Annie are reunited in "heaven", Annie has nicely tweezed eyebrows but then in the next shot she has thick eye brows. See more »Crazy Credits
"The persons and events in this production are fictitious. No similarity to actual persons, living, dead or reincarnated is intended or should be inferred." See more »Soundtracks
"Chris & Annie's Theme"Based on Variations of "Beside You"
Composed by Mark Snow (as Martin Fulterman) and Michael Kamen
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To hell with the critics and the cynics. I absolutely love this movie - it's in my top ten (or maybe even top five) list of favorite movies (I saw it at least 3 times in the theater and own it on DVD). I have to admit, I'm one of those non- (almost anti-) elitist, "I don't know art, but I know what I like" type people. I also truly love positive, upbeat movies with happy endings. Not to say that "realistic" movies aren't also great, but there is room for everything in the moviemaking genre. Isn't there enough depressing "realism" on the evening news to satisfy even the most jaded cynic?
I can't say exactly what it is that strikes me about this movie. The incredible color-saturated visuals and special effects certainly help. The acting talents of Robin Williams and Max Von Sydow help. And I loved the story. Emotionally manipulative it may be, but this is one of those films where I WANTED to be manipulated, where I willingly participated. Apparently some people resented it, but I was sobbing through much the movie, and glad to be doing so. Laugh if you please, say whatever you want... this movie touches my heart.
"Deep" it isn't, not terribly. On a metaphysical level, it goes only slightly beyond new-age kitsch. Very few of the afterlife scenes and concepts agree with the spiritual outlook of any known religion. But I don't care. Again, if a movie touches my heart in just the right place, I can forgive it almost anything. This one did. 9/10.