- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- November 10, 2023 (a year ago)
- Language
- English
- Origin
- United States
- Genres
- Psychological horror · Comedy Horror
- Tags
- Dark Comedy · High-Concept Comedy · Psychological Horror
- Production companies
- A24 · Square Peg
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rating
- R
Dream Scenario

Where to watch (United States)
Cast
Nicolas CagePaul Matthews
Julianne NicholsonJanet Matthews
Dylan BakerRichard
Michael CeraTrent
Tim MeadowsBrett
Lily BirdSophie Matthews
Jessica ClementHannah Matthews
Nicholas BraunBrian Berg
Jennifer WigmoreKayla
Kate BerlantMary
Dylan GelulaMolly
David KleinAndy
Ben CaldwellEli
Agape MngomezuluRobbie
Marnie McPhailClaire
Star SladeGreta
Noah LamannaJessie
Richard JutrasJean
Maev BeatyNaomi
Al WarrenChris
Kaleb HornMiles
Philip van MartinClaude
Cara VolchoffCandice
Liz AdjeiAvery
Jessie-Ann KohlmanChloe
Greer CohenGrace
Lily GaoRealtor
Krista BridgesCarlotta
Noah CentineoDylan
Josh RichardsHunter
Ramona Gilmour-DarlingPortia
Sofia BanzhafLeah
Nicole LerouxAmandine
Amber MidthunderHaley
Alton MasonCarter
Thomas MitchellDavid
Jim ArmstrongTristan
Marc CoppolaSidney
Leah StanleySnailface
Stephen R. HartTall Man
Will CornoSecurity Guard
Talia SchlangerNorio Ad (voice)
Jordan RafDream Travel Guru
James CollinsLarge Man
Nneka ElliottNews Anchor
Jeremy LevickSleep Specialist
Caleb WeatherbeePaul Look-a-Like
Conrad CoatesDinner Guest #1
Marnie BruntonDinner Guest #2
Crew
Producers
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Violence
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Profanity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Algohol & Drugs
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Fright & Intensity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>
Reviews
‘Dream Scenario’: Broadcasting your dreams on Nic at night - The Boston Globe Nicolas Cage stars as the man of everyone’s dreams in Kristoffer Borgli’s clever cancel culture horror-comedy.
In darkly funny ‘Dream Scenario,’ Nicolas Cage plays a schlub achieving a strange kind of fame One humdrum person starts appearing in the dreams of thousands of friends and strangers in a contemplative film that makes the most of its ingenious premise.
Review: Dream Scenario This A24 film can’t maintain the level of either its wild concept or its lead performance from Nicolas Cage.
Review: Nicolas Cage is in his best role in years in ‘Dream Scenario’ In his best role since “Face/Off,” Cage stars in everybody’s dreams in this funny, trenchant comedy satirizing fame and cancel culture.
'Dream Scenario' review: Nicolas Cage stars in surrealist comic fantasy about viral fame College professor becomes overnight celebrity in sharp look at modern fame and virality.
‘Dream Scenario’ Review: A Never-Funnier Nicolas Cage in a Savage Satire of Our Click-Driven World Playing a meek college professor and family man who keeps popping up in people's nightmares, Cage is joined by Julianne Nicholson and Michael Cera in Kristof...
‘Dream Scenario’ Review: People Can’t Stop Dreaming About Nicolas Cage in a Hilariously Surreal Comedy About Internet Fame Teaming up with producer Ari Aster, "Sick of Myself" director Kristoffer Borgli delivers his funniest and most complete film yet.
Dream Scenario: Nicolas Cage stars in the year’s most uncomfortable sex scene One of the most versatile actors in the business excels in a delightfully off-centre fable
FilmWeek: ‘Dream Scenario,’ ‘The Disappearance of Shere Hite,’ ‘Saltburn’ And More Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Tim Cogshell, Lael Loewenstein, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, an...
Nicolas Cage Can’t Escape Himself in “Dream Scenario” Kristoffer Borgli’s surreal comedy probes the benefits and horrors of instant fame.
Nicolas Cage is cringe and magnetic in absurd black comedy Nicolas Cage has no vanity in playing a sad sack who finds internet fame and then has to face the inevitable downfall.
Dream Scenario movie review & film summary (2023) Dream Scenario is what it criticizes, but with no great statement or great pivotal scene, just intriguing, oddball amusement.
‘Dream Scenario’: Toronto Review Nicolas Cage starts to appear in other people's dreams in this sharp, provocative horror/comedy produced by Ari Aster
Watching Nicolas Cage being boring is strangely entertaining In Dream Scenario, the Hollywood living legend plays a geeky academic who suddenly becomes famous when he starts turning up in other people’s dreams.
Review: Don’t sleep on Dream Scenario, Nicolas Cage’s best movie in ages A chef’s-kiss premise drives Dream Scenario, a thoroughly imaginative and mostly brilliant movie from Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli
'Dream Scenario' Review: Nicolas Cage Goes After Cancel Culture in Provocative Drama 'Dream Scenario' Review: Nicolas Cage Goes After Cancel Culture in Provocative Drama from Kristoffer Borgli
‘Dream Scenario’ Review: In a Career of More Than 100 Credits, This Nightmare Ranks Among Nicolas Cage’s Best Most actors only dream of a role as memorable as this one. Nicolas Cage makes the most of it in Kristoffer Borgli's brilliant look at viral celebrity.
Who Here Hasn’t Dreamed of Nicolas Cage? Dream Scenario starts off as a funny, thoughtful look at how we all live in public today.
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