In Your Dreams

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In Your Dreams

PG

2025

1h 30m

Adventure

Fantasy

Animation

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In Your Dreams is a comedy adventure about Stevie and her brother Elliot who journey into the absurd landscape of their own dreams. If the siblings can withstand a snarky stuffed giraffe, zombie breakfast foods, and the queen of nightmares, the Sandman will grant them their ultimate dream come true... the perfect family.

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Critics Consensus

Harkening back to other classic animated adventures, In Your Dreams adds imaginative flourishes to a familiar framework and delivers big-hearted family entertainment.

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Nell Minow

RogerEbert.com

Nov 14

3.5/4

It’s a wise and touching story about the challenges of family and of change.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Nov 13

3/4

Director/co-screenwriter Alex Woo and co-director/co-screenwriter Erik Benson don’t break new ground, but do know how to tell an appealing, family-friendly story.

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Owen Gleiberman

Variety

Nov 10

“In Your Dreams” is built around great swirling mounds of imagistic energy, yet it feels secondhand at its core.

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Clotilde Chinnici

Loud and Clear Reviews

Dec 21

3.5/5

With its positive message of embracing adversity rather than shying away from it, the movie is perfectly suited for kids who make up the primary audience of this film.

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Paul Salfen

AMFM Magazine

Dec 12

8.5/10

The new fun characters like Baloney Tony and relatable leads going through real issues makes for the perfect formula that shows that projects full of warmth and heart go a long way – especially in a time like this when we need it most.

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Marlon Wallace

The M Report (WBOC.com)

Dec 10

I haven't seen every animated film in 2025, but this one stands out as one of the best. Current predictions have this film not getting nominated at the 98th Academy Awards, but in my estimation it should.

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Kent

Nov 11

Lots of heart and laughs. Wonderful story, looks beautiful, great songs.

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Nate S

@smithn1124 4d

Just about everything about In Your Dreams was crummy or underwhelming. The film had its moments, as all films—even the bad ones—do, but between a bad story, though, uncanny budget animation, and some truly awful advice for struggling children, In Your Dreams earned its spot as the worst kids’ movie I’ve ever seen.

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Izabella G

@RT03895703 Jul 2

Baffled with the wording in this movie! It seemed super cute to put on for my son, but once I heard one of a character say some serial killer crap I immediately turned it off. They were in the little boys dream land and you hear the kids dream character say "you guys are so cute. Sad that I have to bash your faces in". LIKE why you say that in a children’s movie? That is some sick crap. I don’t even know how it will end because I refuse to let my son watch it. I’m a young mom. But I’m not stupid enough to let him get influenced by this

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Rishi R

@RT04377749 Jun 23

Absolutely a wholesome movie! Great music, wonderful story, stunning visuals. A must-see movie

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Eleazar H

@RT57332615 May 24

Explicit material for youth why would this movie be pg

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av 8

@anagha.vinay Apr 9

An irksome brother and a head-in-the-clouds sister—classic duo. Like any animated movie, this one has got its quirky opening, a hook, a twist and a riveting, realistic, raw climax. The graphics are beautiful, so are the tracks, and the characters are relatable. Every movie need a Baloney Tony to stir things up where the protagonists stay grounded. Nothing about this movie stands out exceptionally, regardless it is a piece to be enjoyed once. The sibling bond towards the end had me all teary-eyed.

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Synopsis

In Your Dreams is a comedy adventure about Stevie and her brother Elliot who journey into the absurd landscape of their own dreams. If the siblings can withstand a snarky stuffed giraffe, zombie breakfast foods, and the queen of nightmares, the Sandman will grant them their ultimate dream come true... the perfect family.

Director: Alex Woo
Producer: Timothy Hahn, Gregg Taylor
Screenwriter: Erik Benson, Alex Woo
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Domain Entertainment (II), Kuku Studios, Dave Enterprises, Netflix Animation, Intromagine Pictures
Rating: PG (Thematic Content|Action/Peril|Some Rude Humor|Scary Images)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 7, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 14, 2025
Runtime: 1h 30m