Dreamland (Widescreen) | 
| Director: Jason Matzner
Actors: Agnes Bruckner, Kelli Garner, Justin Long, John Corbett, Gina Gershon
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 25036
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 88 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 17026
UPC: 043396170261
EAN: 0043396170261
ASIN: B000JBWWQA
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: December 19, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
18-year-old Audrey (Agnes Bruckner) lives with her 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 a life-challenging illness.System Requirements:Run Time: 90 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 043396170261 Manufacturer No: 17026
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Beautifully shot, but very unrealistic April 27, 2009
Bradley F. Smith (Miami Beach, FL)
We are expected to believe that the two 18-year-old hotties who lead this film live willingly in this fantasy trailer park somewhere in New Mexico, often lolling in a hot tub where they hold deep conversations. No one appears ever to do anything to earn any money except one works as a cashier in a convenience store where everyone buys things often. There's a silly teenage love story here, replete with a long-term fatal illness involved. If there ever was a place like Dreamland, I'd want to live there and never leave, too. Of course, one of the teenage goddesses is portrayed as a literary genius while her alcoholic love-sick dad can't manage to leave the couch as he moons over his dead wife. I enjoyed the soundtrack, which has a nice tune by Mazzy Star. You don't hear that very often in the movies.
 Simply put- an incredible film! March 15, 2009
S. Borne (Vermont)
There is not one thing I can think of that I did not truly enjoy about this film. The cinematography was incredible along with a poignant coming of age authenticity story line...incredible!
Satisfying Movie: Daughter Rehabs Dad and Gets a Life February 14, 2009
Quick Reviews
I recently came across this movie and was really impresseed. The main theme is about a young woman, Audrey, who is a very dutiful friend and daughter. Audrey dreams of leaving the Dreamland cacoon and experiencing life. Instead of acting on her college and life's ambitions, she puts herself at the disposal of others (her devestated, widowed father and her chronically ill best friend).
Pragmatically speaking, she simply has to nudge her dad out of his comfort zone. Teach him how to live again by dragging him out of the trailer and going places - initially with her. Like many challenges in personal relationships, this is easier said than done.
In the end the father helps himself in order to help his daughter. When he finds her letters of acceptance to various colleges she has hidden from him, he realizes he MUST step-up, and transform from being Audrey's dependent to being her dad. This is a very satisfying Dad and Daughter movie with an interesting cast, nice music and scenery.
An outstanding, unknown, psychological movie. February 6, 2008
P. Abramoff (Moorpark, California United States)
I saw part of this movie on the Lifetime Movie Network,
and decided to purchase it, so as to watch it beginning
to end.
The basic premise of the story revolves around two friends
who live in a trailer park in a very desolate town. One of
the girls is dying. Their friendship is challenged by the
needs of an agoraphobic father, and the arrival of a new
family, whose son attracts both friends at once.
The movie very subtly and masterfully addresses the issues
of potential betrayal of friendship, the intense fear of
having to face death, lonliness and internal feelings of
desolation, and facing leaving one's home and one's comfort
zone. Moreover, a very rich story is told, with only eight
or so characters of note in the entire story.
Very well done and very captivating.
 a somewhat morose film of a trailer park life July 9, 2007
LARRY (Capitol Heights, MD)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
*Dreamland* tries to paint a sterotypical life at an isolated trailer park, without the Jerry Springer drama. Life and time goes by slowly, with almost nothing to do.
Audrey, a poetress, has just graduated from high school. She stashes acceptance letters from colleges in a hat box. The reason for this is because she feels obligated to care for her widowed father, who does nothing but drink and smoke, and her best friend, Calista, who is afflicted with MS and dreams of being Miss America.
A new untraditional family moves in next door, which includes a young guy whom Audrey and Calista deems hot. (To me, eww!) Audrey, thinking the best for Calista, sets up her best friend with the new guy, Mookie. However, upon their first date, Audrey seems to regret doing this.
Of course, things go wrong when Audrey and Mookie admit their feelings to each other. Worse, Calista finds out about it. Angry, Calista takes off in search for Mookie who has just left for college. However, things don't go the way they're supposed to.
So, *Dreamland* is about dreams put to the test, whether that be love, a career or new changes. Do you drop everything around you and pursue your dreams or do you put your dreams on hold and take care of everything around you? That is the question.
Overall, I did enjoy this movie. However, I found it a bit slow and a bit depressing for me.
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