Friday, August 04, 2006

Dream a Little Dream (1989)

Synopsis: An old guy occupies the body of a teenager.

Appraisal: I went through three stages while watching 'Dream a Little Dream': (1) enthusiasm and hope (lasted for the first 40 minutes); (2) patience and tolerance, with a residual hope that it could still float somehow and make it to shore (lasted for the next 30 minutes); (3) utter hopelessness, given the lameness of it all, and regret for having decided to watch it in the first place (during the final 45 minutes). Possible self-referential in-joke: when the lead character shouts "Life is too short, guys!". You all have been warned.

Rating: 25

2 comments:

Sister Christian said...

I'm sorry, but the synopsis alone is more than enough to keep me away from THIS movie. An old dude that ends up in some youngin's body? Jesus, Mary and Joseph..!

Marcelo Gilli said...

Deborah, you would miss at least two good movies because of your prejudice: Vice Versa (1988) and Freaky Friday (there were two versions of this one, and I only saw the latest one). Thanks for the comment anyway...