What Dreams May Come

United States, New Zealand

1998

113 Min

Color

2.35:1

English

Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
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EXEC Ronald Bass, Ted Field, Erica Huggins, Scott Kroopf

PROD Barnet Bain, Stephen Deutsch

SCR Richard Matheson, Ronald Bass

CAST Robin Williams, Annabella Sciorra, Cuba Gooding Jr., Max von Sydow, Rosalind Chao, Lucinda Jenney, Werner Herzog

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.-IMDb.

Director

Vincent Ward

Vincent Ward is a gypsy filmmaker living between New Zealand and Australia. His two passions are film and painting. In his many other incarnations he has worked as an actor in LA, a screenwriter and has put out several books.

His film work has seen recognition at both the Academy Awards and the Cannes Film Festival.

The Boston Globe has named him “one of the world’s great image-makers” and a book of his images will be released in 2011 along with exhibitions of his paintings.
Filmography

Vincent Ward’s films have achieved a wide, eclectic audience whilst earning critical acclaim and festival attention.

His latest feature film Rain of the Children (2008) was picked by the audience, from 250 feature films, to win the Grand Prix at Poland’s largest film festival. The film was also nominated for best director in New Zealand and Australia.

What Dreams May Come won an Oscar and was nominated for 2 Academy Awards. The River Queen (2005) won the Golden… read more

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MS1915

26Jan13

I can never bring myself to hate any movie with Robin Williams in it. However I found the visuals of the film, in contradiction to its academy award, to be quite distracting and to take away from the story as a whole. Well thought up and good acting, but the visuals don't do it for me.