Living the Dream

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Living the Dream

2006

1h 36m

Drama

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Brenda (Sean Young) and Jonathan (Christian Schoyen) pursue happiness that has been denied them since childhood, and they fall prey to abuse, sex and deception when they start their own business in a city where the ends justify the means.

Michael Ordoña

Los Angeles Times

There is undeniable heart in Living the Dream, with its implicit criticism of mercenary values, but its world is populated solely by hustlers, recruiters and salesmen with nothing to sell.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 24, 2006

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Frank Lovece

Film Journal International

A vapid mess that outwardly looks like a theatrical movie but just careens around from sequence to disconnected sequence like a badly tarted-up pinball.

Mar 1, 2007

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Chad Greene

Boxoffice Magazine

"Will you stick with me, no matter what?" Brenda asks on more than one occasion. Unfortunately for the filmmakers, the audience's answer may well be "no."

Dec 1, 2006

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Andy Klein

Los Angeles CityBeat

This vanity production ... seems to want us to sympathize with characters who are both unlikable and stupid. Where at the beginning I thought the level of abuse [the hero] endures was absurd and unrealistic, by the end I wanted to join in.

Nov 30, 2006

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James C. Taylor

L.A. Weekly

An embarrassment of a vanity project.

Nov 24, 2006

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There is undeniable heart in Living the Dream, with its implicit criticism of mercenary values, but its world is populated solely by hustlers, recruiters and salesmen with nothing to sell.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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jeez, this was immensely boring. the leading man (Christian Schoyen) has got to be the worst actor i have ever seen. and another thing, if the character in the movie moved to America when he was ten or something and had been living here for over 20 years, he would speak a lot better English than what he pulls of here. eller for aa si det paa godt norsk "Skikkelig gebrokkent". But it is cool to see Norwegian dudes in a movie made in Hollywood. it was just a damn shame they were talentless hacks. The storyline itself is below mediocre.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Fantastisk dårlig film :)

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Allan Fiterman

Director

Christian Schoyen

Director

Sean Young

Brenda

Christian Schoyen

Jonathan

Danny Trejo

Chuck

Marília Pêra

Vanessa

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Synopsis

Brenda (Sean Young) and Jonathan (Christian Schoyen) pursue happiness that has been denied them since childhood, and they fall prey to abuse, sex and deception when they start their own business in a city where the ends justify the means.

Director: Allan Fiterman, Christian Schoyen
Producer: Allan Fiterman
Screenwriter: Christian Schoyen, Luis Reneo
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Jul 28, 2009
Runtime: 1h 36m