My Dreams of You

7.6 stars.

I liked this because it's a subtle twist on a familiar theme. It's about a woman who is fated (OR NOT) to meet a certain man. In this story she is dreaming about him. Next we are swept into a strange place where people's jobs are to regulate humans' dreams. It's a really weird attempt at a new rendition of angels working overtime to make sure fate and destiny are not knocked out of alignment.

So the rest is about a woman and a man that should never meet, and will they meet? Of course they will, otherwise this movie would be a bust. So there's no spoiler there. And after they meet, what will happen? That would be a spoiler, so I'll let you watch it and find out.

It's not bad. The twists were not too major, the acting is great, the writing is genius, the rest is good. The overall feeling is that this rounds up to 8 stars for me.

Every Saturday after our usual steak and wine dinner (of course, with chocolate cake for desert) my wife and I look for an entertaining movie that doesn't require too much brain power, but is interesting. We found this one, Streaming on Peacock, and it fit the bill very nicely. We both enjoyed the viewing.

It is about Grace and Michael, two people in different cities who don't know each other. She works temp jobs as she writes, hoping to strike it big with her novel. But rejections keep getting in her way.

Michael is a musician, he plays guitar, composes, and sings.

Somehow Grace has recurrent dreams involving Michael although the two have never met. She naturally wonders if he is a real person or just a construct of her imagination and wishes. Then she finds out what is going on, she meets the young lady at the Dream Academy, the organization that formulates the dreams that people have.

So the hook in this story has a strong magical fantasy element, due to an error Grace gets dreams she is not supposed to, and Michael says he doesn't dream.

The story weaves through a number of issues, the ideas are novel and the script is smartly written. It is a pleasant and very nicely entertaining movie. The two main actors are very good in their roles.

I've been enjoying the direction Hallmark has been going in, with inclusivity and creativity being at the forefront of their newer films, and this one is a perfect example.

Grace is a writer temping to pay the bills while waiting for one of her stories to be published. Roy is a musician whose father wants him to join the family business, and while they may or may not be destined to meet is unknown as their dream weaver, Alura, accidentally introduces them via their dreams, against the laws of dream and nature.

Which brings forth the Dream Council, a department just outside the human consciousness that is responsible for creating and distributing dreams.

Their dream weaver Alura is an adorable newbie who accidentally gets their "tapes switched" as the dream council seems to be stuck in 1985 and uses VHS to record peoples memories which the dream weavers watch to construct the dreams.

The wardrobe and cinematography deserve a shout out, as the cinematography jumps from reality to dream land and does some creative blurring to keep the focus on the characters, and the wardrobe for the Dream Council/Department makes sure the viewer knows they're dealing with an otherworldly presence.

A few things stood out; the "play free bird" comment when Micheal gets on stage made me laugh out loud. Grace and Micheal have chemistry and some of the moments and lines are totally swoon worthy; "if we never met, if our paths never crossed, part of me would always be looking for you" - beautiful sentiment.

I will say that even though Grace seeks Micheal out, jumping on a train with a man you just met regardless of him being in your dreams feels irresponsible, but Micheal is a perfect gentleman.

I like the relationship between sisters, Becky and Grace and watching Alura fall in love with pie and her "clients" is very sweet.

Everyone stands out on their own, there are no weak links. It is Hallmark, no one is winning an Oscar, but as an avid Hallmark fan, this film was refreshing and tugged on the heart strings just enough.

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, for the most part. It was a totally different kind of movie for Hallmark or at least one I've never seen before. I thought the story line was fun, different and well written. The cast including the support cast all did a great job and were well casted for their parts. We really enjoyed the lead actress as well as the dream writter gal, they were both adorable and we hope to see more of them in the future. The main reason for not giving this a rating of 8 is because of Michael (Kapil Talwalkar). I'm sorry, but this guy couldn't act his way out of paper bag. He took what was a really enjoyable movie for us, and made it almost hard to watch. While Skyler Samuel's seemed/portrayed a good chemistry with Kapil, it didn't seem like it was returned at all by him. He and his acting just seemed really cheesy and well, terrible. I really wish his part would have been given to someone or anyone else. All in all we did enjoy the movie, but with one change to the cast I think we could have really enjoyed it.

I don't understand the low ratings. People complain the Hallmark romcoms are predictable and lacking in originality and then when they produce something different they criticize. Sure there are plot holes but I have seen large budget major motion pictures with plot holes. Movies like these are supposed to be enjoyed and an escape from life. I just watched this for the second time and enjoyed it again. I thought the leads had great chemistry. Sure you know they will somehow get together at the end but that is the genre. The supporting cast was great especially Cecilia Lee. Please someone, cast her in a lead role!