California Dreams

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California Dreams

2017

1h 23m

Documentary

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8 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Five individuals who have Hollywood aspirations share their personal stories of what it means to them to pursue the American dream.

Guy Lodge

Variety

Ott has artfully constructed a slippery hall of human mirrors, testing and subverting the rules of empathy in documentary and narrative cinema alike.

Mar 14, 2017

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Boyd van Hoeij

The Hollywood Reporter

A film filled with badly acted scenes that doesn't really go anywhere, has no real narrative or structure or momentum or even anything coherent to say.

Feb 15, 2017

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Ryan Gilbey

Guardian

A film that is easier on the eye than the soul.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 13, 2017

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Leigh Monson

Substream Magazine

Rarely have I ever seen a film so blatantly mean-spirited and manipulative, so encouraging of its audience's worst instincts without a trace of irony.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 24, 2020

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Arlin Golden

Film Inquiry

It's a movie that won't hold your hand for you, but after watching you'll want to grab onto it so that it may continue to take you on its odd journey. Even with all the constructed elements, it feels very authentic in a way that few films do.

Mar 29, 2018

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Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Hammer to Nail

Call this by whatever name you choose - hybrid documentary, scripted reality, narrative nonfiction, etc. - it's endlessly fascinating, regardless.

Feb 6, 2018

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Synopsis

Five individuals who have Hollywood aspirations share their personal stories of what it means to them to pursue the American dream.

Director: Mike Ott
Producer: Nicole Arbusto, Heika Burnison, Alex Gioulakis
Screenwriter: Mike Ott
Production Co: Number 7 Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 2, 2018
Runtime: 1h 23m
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

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