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List Price: $9.99 | | Label: Polygram Filmed Entertainment
Salesrank: 2377
Released: March 4, 2003 |
| Our Price: $4.88 |
| Used Price: $1.97 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
DOCTOR CHRIS NIELSEN MEETS HIS TRUE SOUL MATE ANNIE, MARRIESHER AND HAS TWO CHILDREN. THE CHILDREN DIE IN A CAR ACCIDENT, AND CHRIS DIES FOUR YEARS AFTER THAT. ENDING UP IN HEAVEN, HE IS GUIDED BY FRIENDLY ANGEL ALBERT THROUGH THE AFTERLIFE, AND HE IS REUNITED WITH HIS DOG AND CHILDREN.
Description of What Dreams May Come:
Robin Williams and Annabella Sciorra star in this visually stunning metaphysical tale of life after death. Neurologist Chris and artist Annie had the perfect life until they lost their children in an auto accident; they're just starting to recover when Chris meets an untimely death himself. He's met by a messenger named Albert (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and taken to his own personal afterlife--a freshly drawn world reminiscent of Annie's own artwork, still dripping and wet with paint. Meanwhile a depressed Annie takes her own life, compelling Chris to traverse heaven and hell to save Annie from an eternity of despair.
The multitextured visuals seem to have been created from a lost fairy tale. Heaven recalls the landscape paintings of Thomas Cole and Renaissance architecture complete with floating cherubs, while hell is a massive shipwreck, an upside-down cathedral overgrown with thorns and a sea of groaning faces popping out of the ground (one of those faces is German director Werner Herzog). Williams is the perfect actor to play against the imaginative computer-generated imagery--he himself is a human special effect. But the lack of chemistry between Williams and Sciorra is painfully apparent, and the flashback plot structure flattens the story's impact despite its deeply felt examinations of the heart and the spirit. Still, there's no denying Eugenio Zanetti's triumphant production design and the Oscar-winning special effects, which create a fully formed universe that is at once beautiful, eerie, and a unique example of movie magic. --Shannon Gee
What Dreams May Come Reviews:
Fantastic romp with loads of style 
2009-12-12 - First of all let me say that this movie is HARD to watch. It starts out with tragedy and takes a very long time to swoop out of it - in the end it is an uplifting movie, and amazingly crafted both visually and philosophically - but for the majority of the movie it grips you hard by your emotional core and doesn't let go.
The visual style is incredible, the special effects way ahead of their time, and a take on both cinematic presentation and the afterlife unlike any I've ever seen before.
It can be at times a little heavy-handed and overly serious, but with both incredibly strong performances across the board and a deeply compelling story. This movie definitely goes high on my list as a little-known must see movie.
Incredible movie! 
2009-12-01 - This one has it all! The story was fantastic, and very moving in many ways. So hold on tight...it will take you through an array of emotions. Also, the visuals were stunning! This movie is definately a keeper!
superb
2009-11-24 - again, fast easy reliable. I would recommend this seller to anyone. I haven't watched the movie yet, but look forward to something new.
Wonderful film!
2009-11-09 - I have always loved this movie and am happy to own it now. Beautifully filmed.
great
2009-11-04 - its great to find this dvd i have been looking a long time for it it got here in a few days opened it and put it on it was great for all of us to watch going to watch it again this weekend
