Invaderbank
The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Ogosmith
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
Claire Dunne
One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
tdrish
Dream Lover is not a high body count, stab at the air with a knife movie, so back off if that's what you're expecting. This film is 100 percent psychological horror. This is gaslighting at its best. James Spader plays Ray, a very successful business man who has just gone through a very painful divorce. From there, he meets Lena, and at first, she seems like everything that he has every dreamed of. They begin to have a family together, and then everything starts to come apart at the seams. Slowly. When i say slowly, you must have patience with this movie. It very slowly, unveils Lenas ultimate plan, a secret plan that will turn Rays life for the worst. Her plan goes undetected at first, and by the time he realizes what is really going on, it is much too late...and he can't go back. If you think that this is a boring movie, rest assured, it is NOT! The film is very strategic, very cunning, and very clever with the dialouge, the acting, and the script altogether. Dream Lover is obviously not a movie for everyone, but those that who will dig it, I must warn you....this one is going for your head, and it is going to stay there. You will be wary of women for the rest of your life. Just be assured, they are not all bad. I know. I married one.
hawktwo
I picked this to watch and was immediately caught up in the movie. The acting is top notch. Good to see Bess Armstrong and Larry Miller. Madchen Amick did a wonderful job playing the wife and mother.The movie belongs to James Spader. He sometimes smirks too much or acts like a smarty pants. Here he realistically plays a new husband and father gradually coming to terms with a bad situation.The plot is tight; it moves along and the characters are well written and keep our interest.I was wondering why James Spaders hair seemed painted or fakey or plastic-y. I thought I had forgotten what the hair styles back then looked like. There was a carnival setting that opened the movie and reappeared several more times before showing up at the end. I guess the carnival may be an attempt to show a chorus off to the side making commentary on the plot. It was interesting but seemed slightly off.
moonspinner55
James Spader playing yet another yuppie dullard, this time entering into a marriage with a mysterious, oddly detached young woman who has a hidden agenda (never mind that it takes her two babies and many years to carry it out). Threadbare thriller with a ridiculous plot-twist midway through, uninteresting characters, sterile atmosphere and a thin, colorless cast. The dream sequences themselves, set in a gaudy-wicked carnival, are visually striking but have little-to-zero connection to what's going on in the story. A half-baked concoction; dream love is one thing, but this film has no dream logic. *1/2 from ****
Windwalkerz
This is an outstanding piece. Plots and twists and turns. It has to be seen to be appreciated. James Spader is very fine in this. Spader fans will also like his slightly absent-minded professor character in Stargate.
