- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- November 10, 2023 (a year ago)
- Language
- English
- Origin
- United States
- Genres
- Psychological horror · Comedy 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
Reviews
Fame and infamy for doing nothing? Why only Nicolas Cage could pull off 'Dream Scenario' Nicolas Cage is a squirming delight in 'Dream Scenario,' Kristoffer Borgli's cringey film about going viral, cancel culture, pop culture and more.
Dream Scenario review: Nicolas Cage is on peak form in this surreal, nightmare-filled dark comedy Cage's career has had many twists and turns. But his latest role, playing a professor who starts popping up in people's dreams, is one of his best yet, write...
‘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 - Chicago Reader Dream Scenario is truly something special, a playful and clever (but not too clever) comedy from Norwegian film director Kristoffer Borgli.
Nicolas Cage Chases Fleeting Viral Fame In the Droll Dream Scenario: Review This deviously absurd fable about fame isn't dampened by its shaky focus.
Review: Dream Scenario — Crooked Marquee 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 Hits The Heights Of Comedy In A Hysterical Role Like No Other In His Career – Toronto Film Festival A review of the comedy, Dream Scenario, in which Nicolas Cage hilariously plays an ordinary guy who suddenly starts popping up in people's dreams.
Stream It or Skip It: ‘Dream Scenario’ on Max, a nutty existential Nicolas Cage vehicle from A24 Here’s another in a long line of great Cage performances.
'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.
Nicolas Cage is on awards-worthy form in hilarious satire Dream Scenario It's out now in cinemas.
'Dream Scenario' TIFF 2023 Review: Nicolas Cage Stars in a Neurotic 'Nightmare on Elm Street’ Dream Scenario is a deranged horror comedy that wonders what it would be like if Freddy Krueger was an awkward dad with ambition issues.
Dream Scenario Nicolas Cage appears in the public subconsciousness in Dream Scenario. Read Empire's review.
The Nicolas Cageaissance Continues with Wonderfully Awkward 'Dream Scenario' │ Exclaim! Directed by Kristoffer Borgli
Nic Cage Confronts His Own Memeification in 'Dream Scenario' From its TIFF premiere, here's our review of 'Dream Scenario,' an absurdist satire starring Nic Cage about becoming an internet celebrity.
Dream Scenario review: "Nicolas Cage is on fire in this wickedly dark comedy" Our verdict is in!
‘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...
Review: Nicolas Cage is pure nightmare fuel in 'Dream Scenario.' That's (kind of) a good thing Nicolas Cage plays a nebbishy biology professor who unwittingly infiltrates the dreams of strangers in Kristoffer Borgli's funny but disappointing dark comedy.
Dream Scenario review – easy to enjoy, harder to remember Nicolas Cage plays an otherwise unremarkable college professor who unexpectedly finds himself appearing in peoples' dreams in Kristoffer Borgli's latest satire.
Nicolas Cage Can’t Escape Himself in “Dream Scenario” Kristoffer Borgli’s surreal comedy probes the benefits and horrors of instant fame.
“Priscilla” Presents the Echoing Void of Elvis’s Fame It’s no knock to call Sofia Coppola’s bio-pic, starring Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla Presley, superficial, because surfaces are Coppola’s subject.
‘Dream Scenario’ Review: Space Invader (Published 2023) Nicolas Cage plays a mild-mannered professor who inexplicably wanders into others’ dreams in this wonderfully weird dark comedy.
‘Dream Scenario’ Review: A Nowhere Man Who’s Suddenly Everywhere In this comedy-horror mash-up, Nicolas Cage is a nebbish who haunts the dreams of people across the world. Think ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ with Walla...
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 is the goofy Nightmare On Elm Street prequel we all need One, two, Nicolas Cage’s particular brand of viral fame is coming for you
Dream Scenario With a surreal atmosphere and offbeat narrative, Norwegian writer/directorKristoffer Borgli’s Dream Scenario distantly recalls Being John Malkovich while o...
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.
Movie Review: The Great Nicolas Cage Revival gets weirder — “Dream Scenario” Like Elvis, Nicolas Cage is a pop culture figure who undergoes a revival every decade or so as a new generation rediscovers him, or new contemporaries find f...
'Dream Scenario' Is Bald Nicolas Cage's Cancel-Culture Nightmare Part horror film and part satire on social pariahdom, this dark comedy about celebrity lets Nic Cage deliver another gloriously weird performance.
‘Dream Scenario’: Toronto Review Nicolas Cage starts to appear in other people's dreams in this sharp, provocative horror/comedy produced by Ari Aster
Dream Scenario Review: Nicolas Cage Is The Man Of Your Dreams [Fantastic Fest 2023] - SlashFilm Nicolas Cage is fantastic as a professor who starts appearing in everyone's dreams in the quirky, strange Dream Scenario. Read our review right here.
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.
‘Dream Scenario’ Doesn’t Transcend a Great Premise Nicolas Cage’s new movie has some fun with the collective unconscious, but it struggles to follow through on its delightful concept.
Nicolas Cage Is Now Haunting Strangers’ Dreams The new film “Dream Scenario” stars Cage as an insecure professor who becomes a celebrity when he inexplicably starts appearing in strangers’ dreams. T...
TIFF Review: Dream Scenario is a Compelling High-Concept Satire Undone by Juvenile Instincts The ever-evolving nature of fame and infamy gets examined in Dream Scenario, Kristoffer Borgli’s follow-up to his dark comedy Sick of Myself. It’s the No...
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 charms in a surreal satire This comedy tackles heavy subjects like cancel culture, victimhood and online celebrities. Yet the actor’s portrayal of a university professor brings light...
'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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