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What Dreams May Come

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Interscope Communications

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United States of America

English

Robin Williams

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Annabella Sciorra

Josh Paddock

Jessica Brooks Grant

Max von Sydow

Wilma Bonet

Lucinda Jenney

Rosalind Chao

Matt Salinger

Maggie McCarthy

Carin Sprague

June Carryl

Werner Herzog

Clara Thomas

Benjamin Brock

London Freeman

Phaedra Neitzel

Tom O'Reilly

Ronald Bass

Stephen Deutsch

Eduardo Serra

Richard Matheson

Barnet Bain

Ted Field

David Brenner

Maysie Hoy

Scott Kroopf

Erica Huggins

Vincent Ward

Daryl Tucker

Rosine 'Ace' Hatem

Russell Solberg

Patricio M. Farrell

Jeff Habberstad

William Morts

Dawn Swiderski

Peter Bankins

Brian Smrz

Christian Wintter

Stephen Balliet

Darlene Ava Williams

David Kneupper

Jim Dultz

Carol DePasquale

Dane Farwell

Clay Donahue Fontenot

Gregg Smrz

Kelly Smrz

Bob Yerkes

Gary Morgan

Patrick Cyccone Jr.

Terry Baliel

Nelson Stoll

Frank Masi

Merritt Yohnka

Mark Van Loon

Michelle Wright

Alicia Maccarone

Peter Michael Sullivan

Scott Sproule

Mike Helbig

Fríða Aradóttir

James Reedy

Lorisa D. Francis

Scott Martin Gershin

Keith Woulard

Dawn Solér

Cindy J. Williams

Barbara Lorenz

Scott Kinzey

Fred Runner

Dino DiMuro

Randy K. Singer

Patrick J. Statham

Graham Stumpf

John W. Micheletos

Carol Sadler

Michael Becker

Laura Harris Atkinson

Gilbert Rosales

Tomas Voth

Aric Lasher

Phil Bray

Erin Kemp

Chris Furia

Christine Bonnem

Michael Pew

Gretchen van Zeebroeck

Laura Graham

Maureen Stanton-Leveque

Duane Robinson

Chris Jargo

Jessica Gallavan

Mary Ruth Smith

Jon Title

Paul Timothy Carden

Jack English

Don L. Henderson

Roy Arbogast

Simon Coke

David Novack

Brent Brooks

Marci Graber

Daryl B. Kell

Scott Gordon

Daniel P. Rosen

Bob Wiatr

Thomas O'Neil Younkman

Karen Ansel

Ann Monn

Sandra Germain

James Moriana

Brandon McNaughton

Neal J. Anderson

Bob Beher

Bill Abbott

Lawrence Littleton

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Hindsight, and all that, but I wonder how much of the things going through the mind of his character here were actually going through the mind of Robin Williams himself in his later life? Here, he is doctor “Chris” who quite literally collides with “Annie” (Annabella Sciorra) in their boats, and the whirlwind that ensues sees them married and living in the USA. An accident in a road tunnel sees him try to help a stranded driver, but before he can assist he comes a cropper himself and is soon up in heaven being looked after by Cuba Gooding Jnr. So far, it does sound quite heavenly! Unfortunately, “Annie” just cannot handle life without her new husband especially as this is not the first time tragedy has affected her life, and now she is truly bereft. Her solution sees her sent elsewhere and so “Chris” has to convince his new friend “Albert” that - yep - true love conquers all, even in matters of heaven and hell. To prove that very point, he decides to sacrifice his Elysian existence and set off to find her - but that is a journey fraught with emotional pitfalls that build on his memories of her, their family, and of his own frailties. Upon his journey, he is also to have the sagely honesty of “The Tracker” (Max Von Sydow) on his shoulder. Perhaps I’m a bit of a cynic, but though Williams’s effort is engaging, I found this all just a little too soft-focus sentimental. It presents character difficulties and flaws at us, but never ones that we know won’t be resolved, and usually fairly predictability. The bumps in his not so yellow brick road seem contrived for the plot rather than to really showcase the ghastliness and loneliness of grief. On that front, Sciorra delivers quite potently for a time; as the story develops it gives Gooding a little more to get his teeth into, and von Sydow has his “Seventh Seal” (1957) to draw from - which he does with a scene-stealing integrity. Mainly, though, it is a showcase for the star to show he is not just about comedy. He can clearly tackle more substantial issues and at no point throughout didn’t ever feel like laughing. Sadly, though, I didn’t ever feel like crying either. For a film that is all about the essence of what makes us people, it’s remarkably soul-less.

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