Discover
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Janet Hirshenson
Casting -
Jonathan Sheffer
Conductor -
Jery Hewitt
Stunt Coordinator -
Eliza Coleman
Stunts -
Danny Downey
Stunts -
Darius Khondji
Director of Photography -
Tim Driscoll
Grip -
Winsome G. McKoy
Set Costumer
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John Chard 5/16/2024 3:22:12PM
Stylistic Dirge. In Dreams is directed by Neil Jordan and adapted to screenplay by Jordan and Bruce Robinson from the Bari Wood novel. It stars Annette Bening, Aidan Quinn, Robert Downey Jr.and Paul Guilfoyle. Music is by Elliot Goldenthal and cinematography by Darius Khondji. In this contrived thriller, Bening is a grief stricken housewife who finds her thoughts in sync with a serial killer (a ridiculously miscast Downey Jr.). Neil Jordan is a great director, but he's also a very frustrating one, case in point In Dreams. The visuals are outstanding here as Jordan and Khondji paint a nightmarish world, but the flashbacks are unfocused and any sense of suspense or plot progression is lost in a whirl of stylised indulgence. Strip away the style and you find a formulaic serial killer picture hiding behind arty farty stubbornness. Bening's performance deserves a better movie, and it is with her, and the visual smarts, that the pic remains of interest till its resolution. 5/10
Robert Downey Jr.
Vivian ThompsonLonnie Farmer
Nurse RoscoMargo Martindale
Nurse FloydAnnette Bening
Claire CooperDennis Boutsikaris
Doctor StevensAidan Quinn
Paul CooperPaul Guilfoyle
Detective Jack KayStephen Rea
Doctor Silverman