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In Your Dreams

2025 · 87 min

A bright, funny dream adventure that mixes silly surrealism with a warm lesson about embracing messy family life.

Directed by: Alexander Woo
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Starring: Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, Elias Janssen, Simu Liu

Tagline: The adventure of a nighttime.
Overview: Stevie and her little brother Elliot journey into the wildly absurd landscape of their own dreams to ask the Sandman to grant them the perfect family.

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Directed by: Alexander Woo
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Starring: Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, Elias Janssen, Simu Liu

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
coming-of-age
identity
love
redemption
Places: home
fantasy world
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	6
Horror	3
Humour	7
Realism	3
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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