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Pope Dreams (2006) -- In the vein of Good Will Hunting and Garden State, POPE DREAMS is a coming of age tale about a young man at a crossroads in life...

Overview

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6.8/10   181 votes
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Director:
Patrick Hogan
Writer:
Patrick Hogan (writer)
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
He's dealing with love... fighting with his dad... caring for mom... and making music. What's that got to do with the Pope? more
Plot:
A young boy tries to make his dying mother's dream come true while navigating through his love life. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins more
User Comments:
A kind-hearted, well-acted movie. Different title, maybe? more

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Phillip Vaden ... Andy Venable

Marnette Patterson ... Brady Rossman
Julie Hagerty ... Kristina Venable

Stephen Tobolowsky ... Carl Venable

Noel Fisher ... Pete
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Casey Barclay ... Eric

Jordan Belfi ... Lucas Bowman

Naleah Dey ... Juanita Steinberg

Michael Edwin ... Case Officer
Chris Foreman ... Zane

Sarah Foret ... Hannah

Barbara Lettieri ... Italian Phone Operator (voice)
Albert-James Motil ... Priest

Larisa Oleynik ... Maggie Venable
David Shatraw ... Joel Rossman
Rex Smith ... Don Merchant

Robert Stio ... Store Clerk

Stuart Stone ... Fox

Karen Zumsteg ... Janet Venable
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Music for My Mother (USA) (TV title)
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Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The video that Andy and Brady watch on their first date Not Too Tart, Not Too Sweet (2003) is an earlier film made by producer 'Steve Loh'. more

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2 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
A kind-hearted, well-acted movie. Different title, maybe?, 19 June 2006
8/10
Author: jmn100 from Atlanta, Georgia

The charming "Pope Dreams" was one my favorites at last week's Atlanta Film Festival. I set aside my cynicism and my adult aversion to being emotionally manipulated by a plot-by-the-numbers script when I realized that this was going to be a straight-up coming-of-age movie. Besides, it's the wonderful acting that makes "Pope Dreams" stand out in a film festival setting, which tends to show more ironically wised-up characters. Although, with a title like "Pope Dreams", I figured this film would be ironic. Instead, this was a really generous-spirited adolescent movie about social class and love and family and music.

I did find the title a bit off the beam,however, since,in this cut, anyway, the Papal pilgrimage subplot is quite incidental to the story. One of the film's best bits of dialog is a musically misunderstood reference to "Early Sabbath". I thought - "that's makes a great title!" - to myself as I was watching....

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