Dream a Little Dream
by Marc Rocco
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Actor: Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Harry Dean Stanton, Jason Robards, Piper LaurieDirector: Marc Rocco
Brand: LIONS GATE HOME ENT.
Producer: Marc Rocco
Writer: Marc Rocco
Producer: D.E. Eisenberg
Writer: D.E. Eisenberg
Producer: Ellen Steloff
Producer: Lawrence Kasanoff
Writer: Daniel Jay Franklin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 114 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-10-21
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Lions Gate
DVD Reviews of Dream a Little Dream
DVD Review: I don't understand what just happened here
Summary: 1 Stars
The best thing I can say about this movie is it gives Corey schadenfreude enthusiasts (me) a whole lot to play with. It is literally the most incoherent and incomprehensible movie that has ever been concocted. It is worth something by being that and it shouldn't be just dismissed. Amongst all the body swap movies that were made and all the bad 80's teen movies (I'm looking at you Can't Buy Me Love) this is the only one that made me want to find a car battery or a small child and chuck it through the screen.
Where to start, well let's start with the beginning. The two Corey's in a clearly unscripted scene, "riff" off of one another, not to unlike their A&E opus. Things about love and wackin it. It goes on while credits interrupt. And it keeps going on, a meandering conversation by two guys clearly strung out on something and pretending to be high school students. THEN the credits really begin. This is an excellent precursor to what you will see in the coming two hours (which is when I think the opening credits actually end). Another scene has a rock ballad going while Feldman in one room and the delectable Ms. Salenger (where art thou?) in her own respective room, thinking about the other. And thinking, and thinking (I think). We get to hear pretty much the whole song by the time all this thinking sends them into slumberland where things make even less sense, but at least Jason Robards is there.
Let's talk about Robards here. There in my opinion, have been few if any better character actors than Robards. Only Hackman and Duvall can top him, I think. And what's more, is Feldman kind of looks and sounds a little bit like him naturally. And yet, there has never been a less convincing performance, not just in the body swap genre, but like ever. And I've seen a few Christian movies. And Transformers 2! But there's more, oh yes, there's more.
Despite the six or seven names above the title, some iconic, some named Corey, the second half of the movie really has nothing to do with ANY of them or the body swapping. It becomes a dull of wits (you read that right) between the two school physcos. And a monologue delivered by Feldman that reminded me of Henry Fonda in 12 Angry Men - If he played it in his current condition. There's even a dance scene that showcases Feldman's MJ like moves. Again, if they were done in his current condition.
And then mercifully it ends. And by ends, I mean it runs out of money. There is no explaination for what just happened. Ever. Actually I can't tell if money was the case. That would be my semi first guess, and they then stretched the scenes of "dialogue" and of course the "thinking". Or, and this could actually be even more plausible, they never knew in the first place. And judging by each individual scene, that makes even more sense. There are more akward moments here than on The Office.
I wish I could stop there. But alas, I have not yet reached the music. If you saw the title and thought, "Hey, I love that song!" You should buy this movie. You will get an earful of it. The original version, the new version, I think even other versions as well. Maybe Weird Al jumped in there too. Then, last and always least, Micheal Damian. Yeah, what a get. You could get Jason Robards and Harry Dean Stanton in the movie (and they didn't think to swap him with Haim? I am actually grateful for this) but you couldn't get anyone better than a Soap Opera star to sing the soundtrack song? And then to inundate my young high school generation at the time with it, well, I think we know who we can point the finger at for the economic collapse now.
Description of Dream a Little Dream
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