I Dream of Murder (2006) (TV)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Neill Fearnley

Writer (WGA):

Cynthia Whitcomb (written by)

Release Date:

11 June 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Johanna is a therapist on the verge of a midlife crisis. When one of her patients is found brutally murdered...

Plot Keywords:

Therapist | Marriage | Midlife Crisis | High School Sweethearts | Adultery

Cast

Jolene Blalock	...	Joanna
Martin Cummins	...	Clay
Carrie Colak	...	Leslie
Jeff McGrail
Judith Buchan	...	Dorothea
Tom Carey	...	Lawyer
Neill Fearnley	...	Captain (as Neil Fearnley)
Khari Jones	...	Police Officer
Eliabeth Lavender	...	Young Joanna
Greg Lawson	...	Detective Thorn
Giovanni Mocibob	...	Jesse
Kevin Rothery	...	Alan
Joe Norman Shaw	...	Marshall

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English | English

Color:

Color (Technicolor) | Color

Filming Locations:

Canada

Company:

Head First Productions

Title was changed to I Dream of Murder

This movie came on the LifeTime network on Sunday, June 11th. I seen Jolene Blalock on a commercial for the movie sometime last week and I set my DVR to record it. She was the reason why I wanted to watch the movie.

I Dream of Murder centers around a psychiatrist, played remarkably well by Jolene Blalock of Star Trek: Enterprise. She has reoccurring nightmares of an old high school boyfriend that died in a car crash, or so she believes. It's a little hard to tell with the dream/flashbacks because each one is different and at one point, she mentions that the boyfriend's body was never found and that her ex had a way of disappearing and showing up unannounced. She has questioned whether his body was thrown from the vehicle.

The title of the movie comes from one of her patients. Her patient tells her about a dream in which she was strangled in an alley. Hours later, her dreams became reality. Up until this point, the patient tells Dr. Jo (Blalock) about her bad marriage and a ex-boyfriend that she dated in high school that has recently came back into her life.

SPOILERS: I won't reveal all spoilers, just pointing out some things.

The dead patient had told Dr. Jo about a lover that has returned in her life, however, she is a married woman and her husband is an alcoholic and is starting to turn violent. After the patient's death, Jo pays her ex-lover a visit to "console" him. Afterwards, the husband is very irate and crank calls Jo, calls her Bitch and says she's going to pay. The plot is very very thin and transparent. You can see where the story is leading well before it happens. I really don't need to explain what happens with the ex-lover and the husband; whatever you can imagine, it's probably true.

The movie ends with a twist, however, I seen it coming a mile away. IMO, Jolene Blalock is a fine actress. Her acting was top notch compared to the other actors, who most seemed very wooden and non-emotional, especially the actor who played her husband and the actor that played the detective investigating the murder. Terrible performances by these two guys.

Overall, 5 out of 10. This movie was average at best.