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Dream Scenario

2023
Comedy
Drama
1h 40m
A hapless family man finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. When his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom (imdb.com).
Directed by:
Kristoffer Borgli Kristoffer Borgli
Written by:
Kristoffer Borgli Kristoffer Borgli
Starring:
Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage Tim Meadows Tim Meadows Dylan Baker Dylan Baker Julianne Nicholson Julianne Nicholson Nicholas Braun Nicholas Braun Michael Cera Michael Cera Krista Bridges Noah Centineo Noah Centineo Jessica Clement Dylan Gelula Dylan Gelula Al Warren Lily Bird
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Genres:
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country:
USA
Language:
English
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Dream Scenario

2023
Comedy
Drama
1h 40m
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juntakinte99juntakinte99
Rated 17 Nov 2023
66
30th
The problem is the fantasy gimmick becomes boring after act one. It then morphs into a commentary on how people become viral stars or pariahs. I vehemently disagree with the film's "cancel culture" argument. Most who fall into that camp are just facing the (rightful) consequences of their childish nonsense. Instead, this picture makes a tragic hero simply by having others react to his dreamworld invasions in a manic and irrational way. Marginal recommendation for Cage's performance.
Rated 17 Nov 2023
bencgauldbencgauld
Rated 10 Nov 2023
85
71st
Very inventive satire on the age of the instant micro celebrity and the cynical strategies used to capitalize off of it to win people's fragmented attention. Cage's bewilderment as the absurdity of his predicament increases is hilarious, as is the central concept of the movie
Rated 10 Nov 2023
therealj_roTheRealJ-Ro
Rated 03 Jan 2024
85
85th
Cage is dynamite as a neurotic academic obsessed with how he's being viewed by others amidst this unexplainable phenomenon; the dreams matter far less to Paul than what role he plays in them. Fascinating exploration of digital-age fame - someone aptly used the term "micro-celebrity" - and the more cartoony it gets, the better, including the ruthless takedown of marketing and influencer culture. Because nothing's more terrifying than Logan Paul inescapably hocking sugar-drinks in your dreams.
Rated 03 Jan 2024
christofchristof
Rated 26 Dec 2023
85
76th
Philosophical exploration of the increasingly porous and contested boundary between public and private spaces. If you didn't quite 'get it', they eventually spell out the theme (for those not really paying attention) with the black-mirror-esque-dream-bracelet device. Plus Nicholas Cage on top form in a quieter, less bombastic mode. Loved it!
Rated 26 Dec 2023
myfavchordsmyfavchords
Rated 13 Dec 2023
83
86th
Nicolas Cage is excellent in the lead role.His performance is the key to whole film. The script is very interesting and has many good details. Overall I would highly recommend this film.
Rated 13 Dec 2023
kasperlKasperL
Rated 17 Mar 2024
75
77th
It's too bad that this doesn't have a great ending because I love the premise and Cage's performance.
Rated 17 Mar 2024
scholar69420Scholar69420
Rated 30 Dec 2023
60
54th
Nic Cage brings you into the paranoia of unjustly becoming a social pariah. Cage’s character handles it all pretty badly, but so does the movie. I’d have hoped for a bigger or more impactful ending. It’s just a downer, and not in a way that leaves a particularly powerful message. Extremely anxiety inducing too.
Rated 30 Dec 2023
twincinematwincinema
Rated 09 Jan 2024
70
52nd
I like that the film never tries to explain why he's showing up in everyone's dreams. It's just happening, and that's that. Oddly, Nic Cage in the David Byrne suit is also my fantasy.
Rated 09 Jan 2024
ecitizeneCitizen
Rated 09 Apr 2024
45
40th
I enjoyed seeing Julianne Nickolson. Uncharacteristically, Nicholas Cage was not annoying and acted well. The plot was wacky to say the least. Not entirely satisfying or thought provoking. Mostly just weird.
Rated 09 Apr 2024
rihreyrihrey
Rated 23 Dec 2023
57
71st
I'd be terrified if Nicolas Cage started showing up in my dreams as well.
Rated 23 Dec 2023
ericamblerericambler
Rated 18 Dec 2023
90
95th
An inspired tour de force of cringe comedy that packs an emotional punch. It cleverly hones in our social rituals and the ways they reveal things about us in similarity to our dreams—the home of our most unrefined desires and deepest fears. And Nicolas Cage’s fantastic performance is its sharpest tool for critiquing the intersection of vanity, privacy, and fame.
Rated 18 Dec 2023
kem1kem1
Rated 10 Dec 2023
55
49th
I wanted to like it a lot more than I actually did. It's very focused on its underlying commentary, but I was hoping for something more wild and off the rails based on the synopsis. Instead it just sort of meanders and goes on for what felt like too long. It has some laughs, a good performance by Cage, and still was somewhat entertaining, but I was hoping for more.
Rated 10 Dec 2023
adragon91ADragon91
Rated 10 Nov 2023
80
88th
Great movie. Thought-provoking, original and well acted. Some dark humour and a slight edge into Horror territory. Nicolas Cage does a solid performance with what is given and required from him. One of my favs of 2023.
Rated 10 Nov 2023
obdurateObdurate
Rated 13 Nov 2023
85
80th
Excellent satire, tackling cancel culture, academia, marketing and how different tribes attempt to pull people to their side. Cage gives probably a top 5 performance of his career as an evolutionary biologist professor whose edges are so sanded down that he's basically not even there. With that acknowledged, I can't stress how fantastic this premise is. I didn't laugh as much as I had hoped, but appreciated how it dipped its toes into scifi, drama, comedy and horror.
Rated 13 Nov 2023
jarobmuljarobmul
Rated 25 Nov 2023
84
90th
Bit of comedy and horror. It's a great idea but I really wish it didn't have the last 20 mins or so.
Rated 25 Nov 2023
kojiKoji
Rated 21 Jan 2024
4
24th
Watching this was a bad dream
Rated 21 Jan 2024
medikolaynmedikolayn
Rated 28 Dec 2023
32
6th
who wastes time on this
Rated 28 Dec 2023
alexbrissonAlexBrisson
Rated 15 Nov 2023
89
86th
I really enjoyed this. Surprisingly thought provoking social commentary on social media and the importance of connecting with the people closest to you. Also hilarious and bizarre Nic Cage flick.
Rated 15 Nov 2023
thegreyfoxthegreyfox
Rated 24 Nov 2023
65
40th
You can tell by the reviews that this is a film that gets people to think about their current "societal" issues but without really addressing anything substantially. My view? How does someone who strives for recognition achieve that? what happens when people exploit that recognition? When people want to interact? When it goes bad? I am wary with this film because it seems to "address" but without suuggesting their own views. Interesting, with Cage brilliant, but comedy gold? NO!
Rated 24 Nov 2023
gamul1Gamul1
Rated 25 Nov 2023
35
2nd
Just not for me. Seemed pointless as I did not feel like it really went any where.
Rated 25 Nov 2023
closedmouthclosedmouth
Rated 23 Dec 2023
70
41st
Enjoyable, very funny. Doesn’t quite go far enough with the concept for me (it peaks at the Molly’s apartment scene, and then the ad agency characters kind of fade away) but I still liked it a lot
Rated 23 Dec 2023
doyler29doyler29
Rated 30 Nov 2023
90
87th
I like this film ... a lot. It uses this bizarre dream metaphor to reflect on the ways that the internet and social media have turned random people into real stars of a sort ... and on how quickly these things can turn. It does this with a type of absurd, dark comic edge reminiscent of Charlie Kaufman.
Rated 30 Nov 2023
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 22 Dec 2023
60
54th
By and large an intelligent, quirky, on occasion cringe-inducing fantasy-comedy with what I found to be a sympathetic and relatable protagonist. I think the third act stretches it a little thin and perhaps slightly overstays its welcome. Inferior to Borgli's previous film, "Sick of Myself".
Rated 22 Dec 2023
rapmastergrapmasterg
Rated 02 Dec 2023
65
63rd
Great concept, decent commentary, leaned too hard into the metaphor.
Rated 02 Dec 2023
jlfmJLFM
Rated 10 Dec 2023
55
25th
Synecdoche, New Yuck. Starts strong, but rolls steadily downhill after the first half-hour. As the film goes on, it grows more erratic in its tone, dubious in its thematic analogies, and aimlessly mean-spirited.
Rated 10 Dec 2023
djrossdjross
Rated 10 May 2024
65
71st
One man’s disappointment, envy and resentment starts to impose itself collectively but passively, producing momentary satisfaction before inevitably resurfacing as the spirit of revenge, before inevitably being turned against him as he comes to be designated as a scapegoat. A correct deployment of Cage is combined with a Charlie Kaufman-type screenplay to produce an effective allegory about the way in which we live in a world where stupidity and madness reign, fuelled and exploited by marketing.
Rated 10 May 2024
gnalkhereGnalkhere
Rated 06 Jan 2024
80
72nd
Wanted this to stay funny but I'm glad it took a different path. There's a scene in act one that had me in stitches but the inventive direction it took saved it from being totally one-note, I'll give it that.
Rated 06 Jan 2024
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 30 Jan 2024
50
33rd
It has its moments -- wild transition from being an internet sensation to new target of cancel culture, that fact he's loved in France after appearing in people's nightmares, one of the Disgusting Brothers as CEO of a dream marketing company created after his phenomenon --, but the A24isms kind of prevent this from being a really cool film -- Spike Jonze-directed Kaufman version of ANOES -- instead of a concept of one -- oh, let's talk about social media frenzy and its cult mentality, so boring.
Rated 30 Jan 2024
honeybHoneyB
Rated 15 Mar 2024
80
75th
Book to read: Why zebras don't get ulcers
Rated 15 Mar 2024
sadmanSadman
Rated 27 Feb 2024
75
45th
Dream Scenario is strikingly contemporary. I can tell Borgli frequents many of the same digital street corners as I. References to Sapolsky, Rogan and slighted academics paints the movie in an obvious culture war color. Luckily, the movie manages to be universal, mocking, even-handed and surreal enough to break free of those muddy waters. Is Cage’s (perfectly played) pathetic professor a victim of forces beyond his control or a flawed perpetrator of his own downfall? I don’t know.
Rated 27 Feb 2024
mike365365mike365365
Rated 23 Feb 2024
72
77th
Leaving out a certain plot turn would have improved the movie. The "ambiguous ending" is a hallmark of this type of film and totally predictable. It's lazy.
Rated 23 Feb 2024
pistolpetePistolPete
Rated 22 Feb 2024
70
58th
An A24 special to be sure. I'm in the target demo for these films, so I tend to enjoy the unhinged and/or bizarre elements more than some. Cage is fantastic here and it's an interesting premise. The execution is lacking in some ways and totally hilarious in others. Overall I'm happy w the final product. 7.0
Rated 22 Feb 2024
amazedemonamazedemon
Rated 03 Feb 2024
66
70th
Dream Scenario jarringly transitions between its amusing 1st act, its suspenseful 2nd act, and its frustratingly unfocused and somewhat disappointing 3rd act; yet Cage's performance remains engaging throughout. The surface level exploration of cancel culture and admonishment of social media influencers is both painful and accurate. At its core the film seems to be about the failure to live up to the promise of masculinity, and even as a satire, this makes the film fairly melancholic by the end.
Rated 03 Feb 2024
kgbelliveaukgbelliveau
Rated 17 Feb 2024
95
91st
Dream Scenario is the best Cage has been in years and really explores the themes present with care. Cancel Culture is sadly a thing we see everyday instead of the harder conversations society takes the easy way out. Cage explores the depth of his characters presence in others dreams very well and the film excels because of it. Very good pacing, very interesting premise and an amazing execution of the dream sequences in comparison to the mundane reality in which Paul lives.
Rated 17 Feb 2024
matthagenmatthagen
Rated 13 Feb 2024
62
76th
Cage delivers one of his finest performances in a truly original genre bender.
Rated 13 Feb 2024
ofterdingenOfterdingen
Rated 08 Feb 2024
66
68th
Nicolas Cage is finally good, the tone amusing and it's more or less constantly entertaining despite a much weaker second half.
Rated 08 Feb 2024
toamsttoamst
Rated 09 Feb 2024
73
37th
Nicholas Cage shitted and camed in his pants for a meager 73. Was it worth it? (yes)
Rated 09 Feb 2024
omgfridgeomgfridge
Rated 29 Jan 2024
6
52nd
Cage puts in a great shift and watching things play out is as funny as it is frustrating. Much like another recent stylish film - 'Leave the World Behind', I felt the third act doesn't know what direction to head and doesn't quite stick the landing.
Rated 29 Jan 2024
jnydamjnydam
Rated 23 Mar 2024
71
74th
This movie was an interesting blend of comedy drama much less so horror, and it made me laugh quite often with its subtlety. It’s quite a unique film.
Rated 23 Mar 2024
ceyhunk26ceyhunk26
Rated 25 Mar 2024
72
69th
Plot 15/20 Fiction 14/20 Casting/Acting 17/20 Worldbuilding 11/20 Entertainment 15/20
Rated 25 Mar 2024
quintonjaminQuintonjamin
Rated 28 Mar 2024
70
66th
It's darkly funny, extremely inventive, and has some good commentary on social media today.
Rated 28 Mar 2024
sfgse83rf3sfgse83rf3
Rated 30 Mar 2024
4
90th
Up until the last twenty minutes or so, this movie is brilliant. The ending, while very much in line with the real-world cycle of fame and controversy, is too anticlimactic and somewhat ruins the entire experience. But I still think it was pretty great.
Rated 30 Mar 2024
amerigoamerigo
Rated 31 Mar 2024
78
53rd
A very promising first-half rapidly unravels, as Borgli struggles to find a sensible place to land what otherwise would be a highly ambituous piece of arthouse cinema. Instead, the flick dissolves into an inchoate amalgam held together by a very fine thread of a credo that advertising and cancel culture is bad, and love and family is good. Still, it's ultimately not the worst addition to the whole dreams-and-maketing arthouse subgenre (for that, see Strawberry Mansion).
Rated 31 Mar 2024
staryarabbistaryarabbi
Rated 31 Mar 2024
50
26th
Looks like Dream Scenario is a manhood movie that argues that contemporary culture treats men as empty signifiers, projecting on them whatever good and evil they see in society. Perhaps on a more generous reading the film treats men as a feminine category; it is radically plastic and anti-foundational. Today, manhood as such does not exist, whether you are an academic, a dad, a macho dude, or a loser, doesn't matter. You are almost redundant in today's world. Interesting yet underdeveloped.
Rated 31 Mar 2024
nothingsgoodNothingsGood
Rated 05 Apr 2024
60
55th
Entirely concept and Cage's performance. There are a few genuine laughs and some interesting ideas about the construction of celebrities. Overall, it's like watching Being John Malkovich made by people who didn't understand what made that movie good. Feels like a short film with 60 minutes padded on.
Rated 05 Apr 2024
td888td888
Rated 14 Apr 2024
70
76th
Wow, another movie which only Cage can pull off. If you like actor Cage you'll enjoy it. How he manages to choose these kind of scripts and turn it into a performance like this is incredible. The guy is a master in his craft.
Rated 14 Apr 2024
apos26apos26
Rated 15 Apr 2024
81
82nd
periergo cage
Rated 15 Apr 2024
jschlanskyJSchlansky
Rated 28 Apr 2024
48
24th
Dream Scenario has way too brilliant of a premise to be executed in such a lackluster, muddled way. It does a couple of interesting things with the concept but largely squanders it and spends way too long focused on all the wrong things while majorly overstaying its welcome (spent the last 30 minutes wishing it was over) and taking itself far too seriously on the schmaltzy side of things. I'm dreaming of a scenario where Charlie Kaufman wrote/directed this concept instead.
Rated 28 Apr 2024
chrisarmadaChrisArmada
Rated 15 May 2024
42
25th
Eh
Rated 15 May 2024
kenmeistersKenMeisters
Rated 06 Jun 2024
70
57th
I wish the "being canceled" part of the movie were less realistic and as surreal as the rest of the movie.
Rated 06 Jun 2024
eatbeanseatbeans
Rated 30 Jun 2024
6
53rd
Not a good script
Rated 30 Jun 2024
shockularSHOCKULAR
Rated 31 Dec 2023
77
64th
Brilliant concept, often funny and the premise is legitimately terrifying, but it falls apart a bit in the third act. I was reminded a bit of shows like Lost that set up mysteries and questions so brilliantly and then just aren't quite sure where to go with the scenario they've concocted. It's a good film but feels like it could have been something truly special if the last act had matched the quality of the first two.
Rated 31 Dec 2023
eskimoseskimos
Rated 20 Oct 2023
70
36th
filmekimi'23 - atlas 1948
Rated 20 Oct 2023
montycircusMontyCircus
Rated 05 Dec 2023
20
11th
Based on the premise I thought it would be Charlie Kaufman-esque, but nearly nothing in the whole film is entertaining. The poster says: "Pure comedy gold, Nicolas Cage has never been funnier"; but it wasn't a comedy? It's about fame, it's about cancel culture, and ends with a "you don't know what you have until you lose it" scene which was strong. A big problem is the main character is boring and weak and we don't root for him, or against him, or really care at all what happens to him.
Rated 05 Dec 2023
capodelnullacapodelnulla
Rated 07 Dec 2023
55
29th
good ideas just floating in the air and up for grabs for someone to edit the movie for the filmmakers.
Rated 07 Dec 2023
stuie299stuie299
Rated 08 Dec 2023
75
45th
I'm not the biggest Nic Cage fan, but I liked Adaptation well enough, and this seemed stylistically similar, so I gave Dream Scenario a chance. And yeah, that's pretty accurate. Stylistically there's a lot to like here. I just can't get over the Nicholas Cage of it all. He feels miscast like he's in search of a more over the top movie. Imagine Someone like Paul Giamatti in the lead role, and you can instantly picture everything falling into place and just generally working a lot better.
Rated 08 Dec 2023
wgwolfordwgwolford
Rated 08 Dec 2023
80
71st
Well written, well acted, and perhaps prescient in regards to the future we are buying for ourselves.
Rated 08 Dec 2023
thereminjamThereminJam
Rated 11 Dec 2023
89
89th
Cage does it again.
Rated 11 Dec 2023
cetincelikcetincelik
Rated 25 Dec 2023
74
64th
2023'de #IzlediğimFilmler ; 216. Dream Scenario (2023) Nicolas Cage'in muazzam performansı için bile izlenir. Sosyal medyanın durumu ve gücü üzerine harika bir kara komedi. 7/10
Rated 25 Dec 2023
ysincYSinc
Rated 26 Dec 2023
76
80th
+ editing +protagonist
Rated 26 Dec 2023
glumpy99glumpy_99
Rated 27 Dec 2023
83
69th
Charlie Kaufman invades a Frank Capra film: Cage gives one of his most gently sweet and goofy performances, and his growing mix of wonder and horror of his scenario well handled by Borgli's screenplay; it's disappointing that the film never really digs in to the societal implications it raises - Borgli sets up the pieces before awkwardly backing way and leaving the film without a decent punchline. Navigates some tricky tonal shifts masterfully, and includes surely *the* fart gag for the ages!
Rated 27 Dec 2023
stoickovstoickov
Rated 27 Dec 2023
90
90th
Charlie Kaufman's vibe. And the best comedy role in years by Cage.
Rated 27 Dec 2023
vinegarbobVinegarBob
Rated 28 Dec 2023
75
68th
Like so many high concept movies it starts off great but eventually peters out without really knowing where to go with the idea. I had fun for the first half, and almost completely tuned out when the bracelet showed up. Cage is good.
Rated 28 Dec 2023
bzymusbzymus
Rated 29 Dec 2023
84
76th
audiovisual 79 acting 87 overall feeling 87 avg 84
Rated 29 Dec 2023
tj_monsterTJ monster
Rated 30 Dec 2023
100
99th
Absolutely mesmerising, there are so many ways it can be interpreted in a situational and normal way (not like some abstract art bollocks). The soundtrack is super and immersive. The acting is absolutely real. The film has comedy and some cringe as we get to personally know Paul. Then it flips and we see horror as the world turns on this beloved man. His life is smashed and we empathise as he is completely confused. His character is a normal man with flaws and its a tragedy of sorts. Truly great
Rated 30 Dec 2023
neonmanNeonman
Rated 25 Jan 2024
82
70th
As Borgli did with Sick of Myself, he carefully and amusingly crafts a satire that really works at critiquing modern day woes, this time with cancel culture and the responsibility and burden of victimhood. The film works terrifically with its satire and comedy, as well as the more emotional moments it works its way towards, and the malleable Cage certainly helps with all this. "I wish this was real". Probably my favorite final scene of a 2023 film.
Rated 25 Jan 2024
babaracusbabaracus
Rated 03 Jan 2024
7
44th
very good up to a certain point, then loses its way. Cage is excellent
Rated 03 Jan 2024
kevin_ruffoKevin Ruffo
Rated 05 Jan 2024
70
57th
if a guy keeps making unwanted appearances in my dreams, i would also cancel the shit out of him
Rated 05 Jan 2024
jpfergusonJPFerguson
Rated 05 Jan 2024
60
54th
So, I guess this what it would be like if we all dreamed about E.O. Wilson? On a more serious not, you could interpret this film in a metaphysical way in that it seems to suggest that generals/universals are real even if they don't exist; Paul Mathews is a general that is real in that he appears in dreams but is existent only as an individual that localises/specifies the general. And the difference is stark! In other words, it appears as though Borgli is a realist and not a nominalist.
Rated 05 Jan 2024
moviepoopmoviepoop
Rated 19 Oct 2023
80
71st
filmekimi 2023 kadikoy sinemasi
Rated 19 Oct 2023
bownBown
Rated 07 Jan 2024
78
46th
Sorta slight but very fun!! Cage is so game
Rated 07 Jan 2024
screenzealotscreenzealot
Rated 08 Jan 2024
80
68th
A wickedly inventive satire that blends comedy, horror, and sci-fi to hurl jabs at cancel culture and the cult of celebrity. This awkward, eccentric film is one that will make you laugh while simultaneously causing a great deal of discomfort.
Rated 08 Jan 2024
zenartistZenArtist
Rated 09 Jan 2024
85
37th
A lovely outrageous thought experiment
Rated 09 Jan 2024
p_u_l_pP u l p
Rated 11 Jan 2024
61
54th
fART.
Rated 11 Jan 2024
yorgoyorgo
Rated 13 Jan 2024
76
43rd
Not a big Nicolas Cage fan, but he absolutely kills it. However, the movie wasn't much memorable for me. It was fun and good time killer, but that's about it. It loses its track at some point as well. Nowhere close to Borgli's previous work "Sick of Myself".
Rated 13 Jan 2024
war_machineWar Machine
Rated 16 Jan 2024
70
53rd
Ithinkhehelpsshifttheirenergybetter:P+wellthenlol-traumaisatrend+lolthestudentsaresuchassholes
Rated 16 Jan 2024
thatyoungmthatyoungm
Rated 21 Jan 2024
89
74th
I enjoyed this movie a lot, with its Gondry-esque visual weirdness, a career performance from Nic Cage, who seems to be in sort of a career renaissance lately, and a great soundtrack by Owen Pallett. I disagree with people who think this movie is making a statement on cancel culture; I think there were some throwaway bits of comedy around that. Instead, Cage's character as a downtrodden man who finally gets the recognition he always wanted only to become more miserable in the end is poignant.
Rated 21 Jan 2024
julescocojulescoco
Rated 24 Jan 2024
70
8th
this movie feels like a black mirror episode that is too long. Cage is okay but some of the more absurd expressions- such as the open-mouth shock- take me out of the experience. The idea of this film has so much potential but is completely overshadowed by the horrible attempt at commentary about internet fame and cancel culture. Despite this, the film is visually stunning, especially in the nightmare/dream segments. This movie had potential but fell short.
Rated 24 Jan 2024

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