Dreamland (2006 film)
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Dreamland
| image = Dreamland2.jpg
| caption = Movie poster
| director = Jason Matzner
| producer = Peter Heller
Doug Mankoff
Andrew Spaulding
| writer = Tom Willett
| narrator =
| starring = Agnes Bruckner
Kelli Garner
Justin Long
John Corbett
Gina Gershon
Chris Mulkey
Luce Rains
Brian Klugman
| music = Anthony Marinelli
Photek
| cinematography = Jonathan Sela
| editing = Zene Baker
| distributor = Echo Lake Productions
| released = {{Film date|2006|12|19}}
| runtime = 88 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Dreamland is an American drama film that was released on December 19, 2006. The primary plot focuses concern overcoming fear, struggling friend to friend relationships, and overall coming of age in small-town America.{{cite news|author1=Mick LaSalle|title=No trash in this trailer park -- just girls trying to cope|url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/No-trash-in-this-trailer-park-just-girls-2465984.php|accessdate=7 November 2015|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=1 December 2006|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107192134/http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/No-trash-in-this-trailer-park-just-girls-2465984.php|archivedate=7 November 2015}}
Plot
Eighteen-year-old Audrey (Agnes Bruckner) lives with her agoraphobic father (John Corbett) in a remote community in the breathtakingly beautiful New Mexico desert. Though Audrey longs to go to college, she spends her days taking care of her father, who hasn’t left home since Audrey’s mother died, and her best friend Calista (Kelli Garner), who dreams of becoming Miss America but is struggling with multiple sclerosis.
The summer after Audrey graduates from high school, her world is changed forever when an attractive young man named Mookie (Justin Long) moves in next door with his mother Mary (Gina Gershon) and her fiancé, Herb (Chris Mulkey). Knowing how much Calista longs for romance, Audrey encourages Mookie to ask Calista on a date. He obliges, and he and Calista soon become a couple. Audrey, however, finds herself developing feelings for Mookie, and as these feelings grow it becomes harder and harder for her to be the dependable, selfless person that her father and best friend have always counted on her to be.
Ultimately, Audrey, who has taken care of everyone around her, finally learns to take care of herself, and those whose lives she touched must find the strength to let her go.
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 67% based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10.{{Cite web |date= |title=Dreamland |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dreamland_2006 |access-date=July 17, 2023 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}} At Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.{{Cite web |title=Dreamland reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/dreamland |access-date=July 17, 2023 |website=Metacritic |archive-date=July 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717135308/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/dreamland |url-status=live }}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0417614|title=Dreamland}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|id=10006434-dreamland|title=Dreamland}}
Category:Films scored by Anthony Marinelli
Category:Films scored by Photek
Category:2000s English-language films
Category:English-language drama films
{{2000s-drama-film-stub}}