Daydream Nation

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Daydream Nation

R

2011

1h 38m

Comedy

Drama

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Forced to move to a boring backwater town, a teenager (Kat Dennings) embarks on affairs with a teacher (Josh Lucas) and a stoner classmate (Reece Thompson).

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Perri Nemiroff

Shockya.com

05/07/2011

3.5/5

A fantastically enjoyable and refreshing piece, nestling itself right between standard Hollywood high school hoopla and more unconventional explorations of teen troubles.

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Joe Neumaier

New York Daily News

05/07/2011

3/5

Goldbach fills the story with too many distractions, but Dennings, known for "Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist," is feline and fun.

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

05/06/2011

3.5/5

"Daydream Nation" rolls elements of "Juno," "American Beauty," "Donnie Darko" and "Twin Peaks" into a potent blunt.

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Yasmin Shehab

Cairo360

09/28/2017

3.5/5

Yes, this film does rely rather heavily on clichés but it's very well acted and the dialogue rarely gets boring.

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Matt Joseph

We Got This Covered

03/25/2013

7/10

All three leads do a good job and the film is visually appealing. As a director, Goldbach shows promise.

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National Post

07/15/2011

3.5/4

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Rob A

Jun 18

An odd film, very well written, where you're not exactly sure what you're watching. Is it a comedy or a drama? Or perhaps even a tragedy? The acting, directing and score were solid - but Kat Dennings (Two Broke Girls) levels up the project. This is some of her best work.

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Yuri B

@RyuBlack Apr 18

Wow, so many things going on. So many damaged ppl. Plus a serial killer roaming the town. Even I started getting lost but the one thing I will say is that I never got bored... Not once.

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David H

12/11/2024

Kat Dannings alone is worth the price of admission she's beautiful and the movie was much better than I expected. There's a lot going on in it but for me that kept it interesting.

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Jonas S

09/06/2024

I've read some of the reviews by the audience and generally I agree that the film is superficial and disorganized; still -- it reminds me of my own fucked up teenage years in some ways and I cannot help but feel nostalgic and therefore somewhat joyful when watching it.

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Bea W

03/14/2024

I wanted to like this more, but there was too much going on and none of it related to eachother. The ending felt cheap and throwaway. Why bother building this story and not having it go anywhere?

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Jacqueline K

02/22/2024

worst "movie" ever made. Josh Lucas should be ashamed.

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Michael Goldbach

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Synopsis

Forced to move to a boring backwater town, a teenager (Kat Dennings) embarks on affairs with a teacher (Josh Lucas) and a stoner classmate (Reece Thompson).

Director: Michael Goldbach
Producer: Christine Haebler, Trish Dolman, Jennifer Weiss, Simone Urdl
Screenwriter: Michael Goldbach
Distributor: Anchor Bay
Production Co: Screen Siren Pictures, The Film Farm, Lila 9th Productions
Rating: R (Drug and Alcohol Use|All Involving Teens|Language|Sexual Content|Some Violent Images)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 6, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 22, 2017
Runtime: 1h 38m

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