What Dreams May Come
starring: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max von Sydow, Jessica Brooks Grant
directed by: Vincent Ward
directed by: Vincent Ward
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DOCTOR CHRIS NIELSEN MEETS HIS TRUE SOUL MATE ANNIE, MARRIES HER 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.
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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
DOCTOR CHRIS NIELSEN MEETS HIS TRUE SOUL MATE ANNIE, MARRIES HER 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.
Amazon.com:
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
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- Not as cool as I remember.
I wish I hadn't bought it.I don't like this movie at all.It arrived on time and played like new, but it sucks.
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- What Dreams May Come
I am soooo Happpppy that I found Amazon.com I have ordered a few DVD'S and have found each one of them very good. I plan on using Amazon.com for all my future DVD orders. They have many choices to choose from, so you can read reviews about the product and the company that sells them. To all, I hope you have the Great Experience that I have received through Amazon.com. Sincerely a Very Satisfied customer!!!
Rating: - very misleading!
I have a friend affected by suicide, and the movie portays suicides as going to hell....OFFENSIVE AND HURTFUL!!
Rating: - Visionary fantasy
Years after the death of his two children, a man (Robin Williams) dies and goes to Heaven.Bereft in her solitude, his wife (Annabella Sciorra) commits suicide and goes to Hell.The loving husband risks all to rescue his soulmate from eternal damnation.
Director Vincent Ward's film marries visual spectacle to intense personal drama in a manner rarely equaled in film.The afterlife in this film is mutable and responsive to the thoughts and dreams of its inhabitants, providing many ... Read More
Rating: 
- Strange movie
Not what I expected.Lots of sensationalism.Not the spiritual movie I had been led to believe it was.
- Not as cool as I remember.I wish I hadn't bought it.I don't like this movie at all.It arrived on time and played like new, but it sucks.
- What Dreams May ComeI am soooo Happpppy that I found Amazon.com I have ordered a few DVD'S and have found each one of them very good. I plan on using Amazon.com for all my future DVD orders. They have many choices to choose from, so you can read reviews about the product and the company that sells them. To all, I hope you have the Great Experience that I have received through Amazon.com. Sincerely a Very Satisfied customer!!!
- very misleading!I have a friend affected by suicide, and the movie portays suicides as going to hell....OFFENSIVE AND HURTFUL!!
- Visionary fantasyYears after the death of his two children, a man (Robin Williams) dies and goes to Heaven.Bereft in her solitude, his wife (Annabella Sciorra) commits suicide and goes to Hell.The loving husband risks all to rescue his soulmate from eternal damnation.
Director Vincent Ward's film marries visual spectacle to intense personal drama in a manner rarely equaled in film.The afterlife in this film is mutable and responsive to the thoughts and dreams of its inhabitants, providing many ... Read More
- Strange movie Not what I expected.Lots of sensationalism.Not the spiritual movie I had been led to believe it was.
