IMDb plot summary: An ordinary family man finds his life turned upside down when strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams.
Directed by Kristoffer Borgli. Starring Lily Bird, Nicolas Cage, and Julianne Nicholson.
Dream Scenario is a bizarre story starring Nicolas Cage as an average middle-aged college professor who suddenly discovers that, for no reason anyone can find, he is showing up in people's dreams. This launches him into an unusual sort of fame that he has to figure out how to deal with. I had so much fun with this. It's clearly a Charlie Kaufman-inspired kind of story -- obviously the Cage connection points to Adaptation, but it's much more along the lines of Being John Malkovich, both in plot and in lead character. Cage is deplorable in a very specific way, someone who absolutely cannot handle being who he is and makes everyone around him miserable because of it (and frankly made me as the audience miserable too, but in the best, most fun way). The story keeps building on itself in a way that keeps it from ever being boring, and I really love where it chooses to land. A delightful surprise.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Dream Scenario > Sarah, Plain and Tall
Dream Scenario > Dark Passage
Dream Scenario > The White Tiger
Dream Scenario < Dead Ringers
Dream Scenario < Dick Tracy
Dream Scenario > Eyes Without a Face
Dream Scenario > Strange Days
Dream Scenario > Equilibrium
Dream Scenario > Kick-Ass
Dream Scenario > Oldboy (2003)
Dream Scenario < Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Final spot: #370 out of 3904, or 91%.
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