Mean Dreams

R

Released Mar 17, 2017

1 hr. 45 min.

Mystery & Thriller

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78%

46 Reviews

Tomatometer

56%

500+ Ratings

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A 15-year-old boy steals a bag of drug money and runs away with the girl he loves. While her violent and corrupt cop father hunts them down, they embark on a journey that will change their lives forever.

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Critics Consensus

Mean Dreams enlivens its familiar premise with rich details, strong performances from a talented cast playing fully realized characters, and sensitive work from director Nathan Morlando.

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Audience Member

Not sure why the audience score is 59%, it was much better than that. Good plot, good character development, good writing, good acting.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

super suspenseful movie, loved the performances too, the young actors were phenomenal

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Captivating....very intense. Well acted.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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farah r

A talented cast elevates this all-too-familiar plot into a suspenseful thriller that is worth watching.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Mean dreams is an indie film thats definitely worth watching. The performances are great all around and sad to see Bill Paxton in one of his last roles. The romance is believable though the characters do make some odd and questionable decisions in the film. It won’t blow you away but Mean Dreams is worth watching and features another good performance from Bill Paxton.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/29/18

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Audience Member

Mean dreams is an indie film thats definitely worth watching. The performances are great all around and sad to see Bill Paxton in one of his last roles. The romance is believable though the characters do make some odd and questionable decisions in the film. It won’t blow you away but Mean Dreams is worth watching and features another good performance from Bill Paxton.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/29/18

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Nathan Morlando

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Josh Wiggins

Jonas Ford

Sophie Nélisse

Casey Caraway

Bill Paxton

Wayne Caraway

Colm Feore

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Vickie Papavs

Lynette Ford

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Rex Reed

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Not a great film in the same vein as Badlands and Pretty Poison, but a very good one that is well worth seeing.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 20, 2017

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

One of those sparse projects where you wonder what excited the filmmakers through each stage of the production process, and why the answer to that question isn't more obvious.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 17, 2017

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Tricia Olszewski

TheWrap

Son Lux's percussive and atonal score combined with the kids constantly looking over their shoulders lend their escapes a sense of immediacy and danger.

Mar 16, 2017

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Echoes of Badlands, Terrence Malick's tale of young love on the run, hang heavy over Mean Dreams.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 3, 2021

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Jorge Ignacio Castillo

The Canadian Crew

Outside beautiful fall scenery, there nothing particularly moving about Mean Dreams...

Rated: 2/5

Jan 28, 2020

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Angelo Muredda

Cinema Scope

Familiarity doesn't always yield tedium, but it's hard to muster much enthusiasm for Mean Dreams' sleepy regionalist remix of genre tropes and images.

Nov 9, 2017

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Synopsis

A 15-year-old boy steals a bag of drug money and runs away with the girl he loves. While her violent and corrupt cop father hunts them down, they embark on a journey that will change their lives forever.

Director: Nathan Morlando
Executive Producer: Patrice Theroux
Screenwriter: Kevin Coughlin, Ryan Grassby
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Production Co: Vertical Entertainment, Woods Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Violence and Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 17, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 18, 2017

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