IAC

International Academy of Consciousness

Movie Review: "What Dreams May Come"

Autor: 
Nanci Trivellato
Page numbers: 
177-188

 

Title in English: What Dreams May Come
Title in Portuguese: Amor Além da Vida
Started: October 2, 1998 in the US.
Directed by: Vincent Ward.
Written by: Ron Bass.
Starring: Robin Williams as Chris Nielsen; Annabella Sciorra as Annie Nielsen; Cuba Gooding Jr. as Albert; Max Von Sydow as The Tracker; and Rosalind Chow as Leona.
Producer: Barbara Hill
Based upon the novel by Richard Matheson.
Running time: 113 minutes.
Rated: PG-13 (in US)

ABSTRACT:

The movie "What Dreams May Come" has provoked astonishment and repulsion, admiration and aversion. Some love it and some hate it, but no one seems to be able to be indifferent about it. From our perspective, we appreciate the fact that a movie about the after-life dared not to be shallow and make religious brainwashing. Quite on the contrary, Vincent Ward’s film instigates the audience to think about death, and to rethink their values regarding after-life. Maybe that is why so many were shocked by its contents and scenes.