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	What Dreams May Come Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr. Universal Studios, 2003 average customer review:based on 454 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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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Magnificent and PROFOUND!

Magnificently lush and breathtakingly beautiful, this movie is my #1 absolute favorite movie of all time, because of the profound depth of the story. No mere love story in the conventional sense, it delves into the deepest of human despair, with a stunning performance by Annabella Sciorra, and just when you think you have shed more tears during this movie than all the other movies you've ever seen in your entire life put together, it reaches deep inside your psyche and pulls out the boldest, most heartwrenching understanding you've ever had about the POWER OF LOVE.

To be willing to go to the depths of 'hell' itself for your love, is the profound concept illustrated in What Dreams May Come. In addition, the concepts of creating our own reality, soul mates, and the nature of 'heaven' and 'hell' are explored in exquisite depth.

I can't say enough about the quality of this movie. No other movie (that I've ever seen anyway) has ever come close to its caliber. Oddly enough, this is one of those rare instances in which the movie was actually better than the book.

SEE IT! Have a box of tissues handy. But you will feel enriched afterwards.

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My favrotie love story

This movie has incredible effects, wonderful acting and a beautiful story. It's a nice change from all those sappy, been-there-done-that romances. This is a beautiful and original movie about love conqueing all. And it doesn't just involve the love between the husband and wife, but also the love between the parents and the chidlren, and even the family dog. It uses wonderful images of both heaven and hell, and will make you wonder what each would be like for you. Two thumbs up.


GREAT!!!

This movie was a must see. I really enjoyed it. The movie came on time. Very fast delivery. The movie itself was in good condition. Robin Williams was really good in this film. The seriousness in this film shows. An overall great family film.

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The Afterlife Envisioned?

Robin Williams in a serious role? Could work.
Robin Williams with an emotionally unstable wife? Ironic.
Robin Williams dies and goes through heaven and hell? Cinematic gold.
Robin Williams plays Chris Nielsen, a doctor devoted to his artist wife, Annie, played by Annabella Sciorra. They're a loving couple that have experienced the heartbreak of losing their children in a car wreck. But when Chris is killed in a car crash as well, he must learn to move on and accept his death. He watches over his widow for the first few days after having died. But then he is transported into a "heaven" which he manifests, a beautiful world of paint inspired by his wife's art. His former mentor played by Cuba Gooding, Jr., who is also dead but not what he appears to be, guides him as he creates his own reality. But when Annie commits suicide Chris must journey into a dark netherworld to save her. There she has created her own afterlife, a "hell" to match her despair and pain. Chris enlists the aid of a tracker, played by Max von Sydow who is also dead and yet again not what he appears to be, who will help him find Annie. Along the way Chris is reunited with his children and learns that only through faith and vulnerability can one become strong enough to heal.
The film is directed by Vincent Ward and is a startling example of spiritual and psychological storytelling, even if the screenplay is convoluted at times. The film is based upon the book by Richard Matheson (I Am Legend). Visually the film is absolutely breathtaking and gives us for the first time in centuries, a truly original idea of what life after death may look like. What hurts the film is the awkward way the story unfolds through flashbacks. Some films can handle a non-linear story but the editor fails to set up a proper chronology before assembling this epic picture. However viewers should not be deterred by this minor annoyance. It's still worth seeing... again and again.

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