Synopsis
Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.
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Cast
- Robin WilliamsChris Nielsen
- Cuba Gooding Jr.Albert Lewis
- Annabella SciorraAnnie Collins-Nielsen
- Max von SydowThe Tracker
- Jessica Brooks GrantMarie Nielsen
- Josh PaddockIan Nielsen
- Rosalind ChaoLeona
- Lucinda JenneyMrs. Jacobs
- Maggie McCarthyStacey Jacobs
- Wilma BonetAngie
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
So breathtaking, so beautiful, so bold in its imagination, that it's a surprise at the end to find it doesn't finally deliver. - 75
ReelViews
What Dreams May Come has the sensibilities of an art film placed into a big-budget feature with an A-list cast. - 63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Too bad. What dreams may come, indeed, when such enticing foreplay ends with a consummation devoutly to be missed. - 60
The New York Times
What Dreams May Come, based on a novel by Richard Matheson and directed by Vincent Ward, the New Zealand filmmaker noted for his skill at creating lavish cinematic dreamscapes, represents the uncomfortable collision of two ideas about filmmaking, one commercial, the other eccentrically, ambitiously dreamy. - 60
Variety
A heaping serving of metaphysical gobbledygook wrapped in a physically striking package. - 50
Austin Chronicle
Like most dreams revisited with eyes wide open, this one's content dissolves into a transparent puddle of inchoate thoughts and predictable iconography. - 50
Film Threat
What's so disappointing is that the film had so much potential as a concept. The story slowly degenerates into a plodding, sappy bore. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
The insidious influence of too much therapy permeates this misguided and very long picture.
