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Come True

Play trailer 2:04 Poster for Come True Released Mar 12, 2021 1h 45m Sci-Fi Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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Looking for an escape from her recurring nightmares, 18-year-old Sarah (Julia Sarah Stone) submits to a university sleep study, but soon realizes she's become the conduit to a frightening new discovery. Dreams twist and nightmares come true in this mind-altering new work of science-fiction from Anthony Scott Burns (OUR HOUSE) that haunts the space between wakefulness and sleep. COME TRUE is an unforgettable cinematic dream well worth the submersion.
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Well-acted and visually striking, Come True offers an eerily effective reminder of how the sleeping subconscious can be fertile ground for horror.

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Adam Nayman The Ringer This thrifty psychological thriller comes so close to realizing its mindfuck potential that if you squint just right while streaming it, it looks a bit like a cult classic. May 3, 2021 Full Review Kate Erbland indieWire Burns' script is just as concerned with the weirdness of Sarah's waking life as it is the literal monsters that populate her dreams, and the filmmaker's ability to balance and juxtapose those two portions of the film only strengthen each section. Rated: C+ Mar 25, 2021 Full Review Angie Han FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) By the end, you're just like "Well okay, that was that." Mar 22, 2021 Full Review Brandon Stanwyck InSession Film Unfortunately, Anthony Scott Burns chose to end Come True with a lazy, fatuous twist-for-the-sake-of-a-twist affront to everyone who’d just given him 100 minutes of their time. Rated: D Jul 15, 2024 Full Review Akos Peterbencze Vulnerable Man (Medium) Come True is at its best when it lets us partake and discover these dark, startling dreams alongside the characters in a surreal world of unease, freight, and terror. Jul 21, 2023 Full Review Jordy Sirkin Jordy Reviews It With haunting visuals and striking cinematography, the film stands out for its impressive style. Feb 22, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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H Q The first 2 great acts certainly make up for the mediocre 3rd act. Just enjoy the trip. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/26/21 Full Review J P COME TRUE is an outstanding film that follows a late-teen named Sara as she juggles the surreal nature of dream logic with a muted-color-palette reality that seems to be fraying at the edges, corroding from within, or both. Her mission as the film goes on is, in essence, to keep reality from slipping, sudden changes seeming to strip it from her grasp are intensifying and maybe multiplying, and she needs fix this or go mad. The ending is not so much a twist as it is a revelation, its separate elements well-telegraphed through the 2nd and 3rd acts, and it's not "cheap" at all. It tightens up what could have been easily fumbled, and my hat is off to the writer and director. The lead is also spectacular. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/24/24 Full Review Eye C The ambiance is creepy, the mystery is intriguing and the dreams are bizarre as hell, BUT they give the movie for stupid twist at the end… oh and it could be nice NOT to watch tree people walking for ten minutes. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/10/24 Full Review Gordon D Watched this move without any knowledge of it at all. Julia Sarah Stone was excellent acting. The rest was a mixed bag with some standouts...but Julia really did well imo. If I had a power out 5 mins before the movie was over.....I would have been intrigued, satisfied....and would forever wish I know what happened in that last 5 minutes. Enjoyed the imagery, the abstract concepts, the scientific concepts, and the horror aspect. I truly enjoyed it for what it was........and would fit into my top 20 of favourite movies in this area. But I did not lose power...........I got to see it to the end. It was literally the worst thing they could have done. They could have given it a terrible cliche, half assed, and done to death ending tacked on, and it would have been a good movie...with a bad ending. But no. They would not even do that. They actually....stopped.....right at the point where It all should come together.....and they did the worst thing that could happen. And it was all just a dream. Thats it....none of it mattered.....no followup, no explanation, no cohesion. If you want a movie that you can discuss a whole bunch of "what ifs" and maybe some "If you look at it this way", you could get some conversation out of it over dinner. But you will taste the copium in it. Great move, great actress but that ending was so terrible, it brings a 4.5/5 down to 1 star. This move wont even be added to any of the "Top 10 movies that were great but the ending ruined it" lists...because the ending wasn't just bad.....it took any enjoyment of the rest of the film away. Strongly suggest you watch it......just drink enough you pass out before its over.....and you will remember it fondly. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/14/24 Full Review Stoner J Really stupid. The entire length of the movie you’re waiting for something to happen and nothing ever does, it doesn’t make any sense at all. Total snooze fest this one Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/01/24 Full Review John D Interesting but slow and at times self-indulgent; tighter editing would have helped. Good twist at the very end which was hobbled by not being set up earlier. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/27/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Looking for an escape from her recurring nightmares, 18-year-old Sarah (Julia Sarah Stone) submits to a university sleep study, but soon realizes she's become the conduit to a frightening new discovery. Dreams twist and nightmares come true in this mind-altering new work of science-fiction from Anthony Scott Burns (OUR HOUSE) that haunts the space between wakefulness and sleep. COME TRUE is an unforgettable cinematic dream well worth the submersion.
Director
Anthony Scott Burns
Producer
Steven Hoban, Mark Smith, Brent Kawchuk
Screenwriter
Anthony Scott Burns
Distributor
IFC Midnight
Production Co
Copperheart Entertainment
Genre
Sci-Fi, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 12, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 12, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA)
$61.6K
Runtime
1h 45m
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