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What Dreams May Come

Movie · 1998 · 108 min

A visually stunning but emotionally heavy journey through love and loss, blending painterly beauty with nightmarish despair.

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1998 film directed by Vincent Ward
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Year
1998
Runtime
108 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • love
  • death
  • redemption
  • faith
Places
  • home
  • fantasy world
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour2
Realism4
Romance7
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama, fantasy, romance
Directed by
Vincent Ward
Written by
Ronald Bass
Starring
Robin Williams, Werner Herzog, Max von Sydow, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Rosalind Chao, Matt Salinger, Lucinda Jenney
Music
Michael Kamen
Cinematography
Eduardo Serra
Runtime
108 min
Country
United States, New Zealand
Languages
English

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