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25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSo breathtaking, so beautiful, so bold in its imagination, that it's a surprise at the end to find it doesn't finally deliver.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliWhat Dreams May Come has the sensibilities of an art film placed into a big-budget feature with an A-list cast.
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenToo bad. What dreams may come, indeed, when such enticing foreplay ends with a consummation devoutly to be missed.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenWhat Dreams May Come, based on a novel by Richard Matheson and directed by Vincent Ward, the New Zealand filmmaker noted for his skill at creating lavish cinematic dreamscapes, represents the uncomfortable collision of two ideas about filmmaking, one commercial, the other eccentrically, ambitiously dreamy.
- 60VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyA heaping serving of metaphysical gobbledygook wrapped in a physically striking package.
- 50Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenLike most dreams revisited with eyes wide open, this one's content dissolves into a transparent puddle of inchoate thoughts and predictable iconography.
- 50Film ThreatChris GoreFilm ThreatChris GoreWhat's so disappointing is that the film had so much potential as a concept. The story slowly degenerates into a plodding, sappy bore.
- 40TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe insidious influence of too much therapy permeates this misguided and very long picture.
- 40Village VoiceDennis LimVillage VoiceDennis LimA bottomless trough of mystic swill, is too confused to even fulfill the paradigm's most basic requirements.
- 25Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversHow can a film look so radiant and be so hollow?