Dream Scenario

The film starts off akin to a tongue-in-cheek “Twilight Zone” episode, then becomes a meditation on fame before transforming into a scathing satire of several things at once: Gen Z, cancel culture, and even the people who complain about cancel culture. Written and directed by Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli, it’s bleak and funny and provides Cage with his most satisfying role since 1997’s “Face/Off.”

It’s a savagely funny showcase for Cage at his very best. But the picture sours somewhat in a third act that departs from crisp character study to target cancel culture, losing some of its biting humour in the process.

Silly, strange, and very funny, Dream Scenario is a psycho-comic-drama with a peak Cage Renaissance performance powering it. Don’t sleep on it.

Dream Scenario gets many cringing laughs, and yet its humor—easy shots at vapid capitalist-pawn influencers, cancel culture, Tucker Carlson, and other culture wars Mad Libs—is mostly about the cheap comic thrill of getting the reference.

Dream Scenario is at its best when it’s centering Paul and his inner world, and how his actions and events affect his family.

Like a dream, you’re left with thoughts and impressions to mull over for a long time. These sticky images and profound ideas lodge themselves in place, even if you’re not quite sure they all fit together.

Borgli’s feature is just another somewhat edgy movie that has nothing to say.

Kate Berlant was iconic in this movie as one of the talent agents. Her only better role was as the lady who punctured someone's lung with acupuncture. That's because they let her breathe more in that role. HEY! Enough lung jokes. I loved Dream Scenario for other reasons too--the premise is amazing--Cage appears in people's dreams. And the fallout of that phenomenon leads us through a real-feeling result, and biting satire. I will soon be laying to sleep with my wristwatch on, trying to enterNick Cage's dreams. In every dream I am going to try to steal his dinosaur fossil using a map from the MoMa.

The premise was interesting and first part of the movie, but I really disliked the conclusion as it felt like it ended up not going anywhere really and they should have made it unravel somehow differently towards the end. Decent movie but nothing that impressive.

Surpreendentemente, Nicolas Cage é o menos dos problemas aqui, diria até que salva o filme do desastre. O roteiro parece navegar entre um estudo de um homem e seu caso particular de aparecer em sonho para várias pessoas (e ter que lidar com as consequências disso) e uma crítica à mercantilização do sono, fazendo das horas dormidas um espaço também para a racionalidade instrumental, o que me lembrou muito a tentativa "não onírica" de Nolan em "A origem", mas muito mais bagunçado e sem criatividade alguma. Os sonhos são frios, chega um momento que a edição se perde entre esquetes e cenas constrangedoras (vergonha alheia a situação que puseram Cage na cena envolvendo tensão sexual). Um excelente argumento sendo bem mal desenvolvido, ao menos conta com uma direção eficiente e atuações que salvam o todo da mediocridade.

“Everything, Everywhere” this is not. Overhyped and boring. Waxes philosophical with nothing much to say. (except maybe about cancel culture and vilification? idk) Nick Cage seems to be drawing from the character he played in the much funnier “Army of One”. Everything interesting in the film is in the trailer.

Comme de coutume, le grand Nicolas se révèle brillant dans un rôle atypique et bizarre… ou plutôt un film bizarre à la Donnie Darko mais sans l’atmosphère ou le caractère intrigant de l’histoire elle-même, fût-elle aussi tarée ou absurde qu’elle puisse l’être (comme dans Donnie Darko… mais je n’ai pas d’autre exemple en tête… pour l’instant ! -les deux films restent tout à fait différents bien sûr). Mais ce qui est certain concerne ce scénario qui n’a rien de rêvé ou plutôt si (dans son contexte à lui) mais dans le sens où il n’est vraiment pas idéal… ça reste en effet sans queue ni tête et surtout très emmerdant : on est obligé de pratiquer l’avance rapide ici et là parce que le machin se traîne sans avancer d’un pouce… ou si peu. On se demande où le film veut en venir… mais il ne le sait pas lui-même ! Malgré Nicolas cage toujours aussi brillant, bien sûr… Mais que peut-il y faire si le film est encore une daube ? ah oui, il aurait dû mieux lire le scénar et se rendre compte que c’est le scénar d’un crevard de paumard qui n’avait plus les yeux en face des trous et qui avait surtout la tête au fond du cul ! mais comme on dit, lorsque le vin est tiré, il faut le boire. Ah oui, et contrairement à ce que prétend l’affiche, ce n’est pas drôle du tout, non, non. C’est surtout barbant en fait.