How to Stop a Recurring Dream

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How to Stop a Recurring Dream

2021

1h 22m

Drama

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Exploring themes of separation and loss, this dreamy trip takes place over a weekend in the lives of two sisters whose relationship is being tested to its limit. After Mum and Dad announce an imminent, split-custody separation, Yakira -- the oldest daughter -- kidnaps her younger sister and takes to the road, in an attempt to reconnect before they part.

Cath Clarke

Guardian

Nothing can rub the shine off Barker's huge talent; she is totally authentic even if the film is half-baked.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 9, 2021

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Lauren Miles

Flickering Myth

How to Stop a Recurring Dream combines traditional British realism with surreal dream sequences and crime thriller levels of tension. It is an exciting and touching tale of how grief can break families apart, but also bring them back together.

Mar 21, 2021

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Zehra Phelan

Flavourmag

Ed Morris is off to a flying start to his feature film career. He captures the pain and anguish of fragmented families that bury their issues under the carpet with potent realism.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 18, 2021

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Edward Porter

Sunday Times (UK)

The plot itself, though, is a bit of a mess: it adds an incongruous character who causes too much palaver.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 15, 2021

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Jack Hawkins

HeyUGuys

A dubious supporting character may distract from the domestic anxiety, but Ed Morris's promising debut feature remains an adequate social drama.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 8, 2021

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Exploring themes of separation and loss, this dreamy trip takes place over a weekend in the lives of two sisters whose relationship is being tested to its limit. After Mum and Dad announce an imminent, split-custody separation, Yakira -- the oldest daughter -- kidnaps her younger sister and takes to the road, in an attempt to reconnect before they part.

Director: Ed Morris
Producer: Edith Bowman, Polly Du Plessis
Screenwriter: Ed Morris
Production Co: Under The Milky Way
Genre: Drama
Original Language: British English
Runtime: 1h 22m