Sick of Myself – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

DREAM SCENARIO (Middleburg FF 2023) – Review by Leslie Combemale

October 30, 2023November 3, 2023 Leslie Combemale a24, Dream Scenario, julianne nicholson, Kristoffer Borgli, Middleburg FF 2023, Middleburg Film Festival, Nicolas Cage, Sick of Myself, Tim Meadows

The idea for Dream Scenario sounds fascinating and clever. Nicolas Cage stars as a hapless, uninteresting professor who starts showing up in dreams for people all over the world, becoming a celebrity overnight. Nic Cage fans will be entertained, with the actor showing the restraint and nuance needed to properly anchor this bizarre concept. The movie does highlight the best and worst aspects of being pointed to by the fickle finger of fame, but a limp second half loses the momentum for what could have been a far more compelling story.

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DREAM SCENARIO (Sitges 2023) – Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas a24, Dream Scenario, Kristoffer Borgli, Nicolas Cage, Sick of Myself, Sitges 2023

Dream Scenario has the quirk factor in abundance, and like Norwegian writer-director Kristoffer Borgli’s previous film Sick of Myself, at the center of Dream Scenario is a fascination with fame and the impact it has on people who attain it. While Dream Scenario has much more gloss and polish that Borgli’s significantly smaller debut, it arguably also lacks some of his previous ferocity and rawness that granted Sick of Myself such bite.