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What Dreams May Come

1998

Vincent Ward

Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max von Sydow ...

6.4

18,245

Fantasy. Drama After the death of their two children, Dr. Chris Nielson (Robin Williams) and his wife Annie (Annabella Sciorra) find continuing their lives fraught with difficulties, especially for Annie. When Chris dies and goes to Heaven he meets Albert (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and discovers that Heaven is even more wondrous than anything he could have imagined. However, Chris's death is the last straw for Annie and in her madness commits suicide and ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"This is a film that even in its imperfect form shows how movies can imagine the unknown, can lead our imaginations into wonderful places (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"A heaping serving of metaphysical gobbledygook wrapped in a physically striking package"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"How can a film look so radiant and be so hollow?"	NEG
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"All the weeping and hugging the characters do can't make up for the film's fatal lack of texture and psychological nuance"	NEG

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