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6.2/10
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A successful businessman tries to uncover what is wrong with his wife.A successful businessman tries to uncover what is wrong with his wife.A successful businessman tries to uncover what is wrong with his wife.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Joseph Scoren
- Martha's Lawyer
- (as Joseph Scorsiani)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaThe original theatrical and the VHS versions have different ending and extra more explicit sex scenes than the DVD version.
- GoofsWhen Ray is admitted to Willow point on his admissions report it shows the apprehended date of 8/15/91 and his date of birth is 6-12-61 but next to his age it says he is 36 years old.
- Alternate versionsUnrated U.S. video release includes 4 minutes of additional footage with sex scenes between James Spader and Mädchen Amick.
Featured review
An intriguing psychological melodrama.
DREAM LOVER is a nicely made, well-acted little film about a man who meets and marries the girl of his dreams but begins to wonder who she really is. This film marks the directorial debut of screenwriter Nicholas Kazan, the son of Elia Kazan. He did a very impressive job. The cleverest touch is having a framing device which has a crazed clown at a carnival who explains the major plot developments to James Spader's character and to us as well. Spader plays a very successful businessman who just got a divorce and is very lonely. But a chance encounter with a beautiful young woman named Lena (Madchen Amick in a very incisive performance) changes that. She is perfect in every way. I can't reveal much more story than that. The plot twists and turns like a pretzel. It's not always plausible, especially the ending, but it is entertaining all the same.
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- Aug 5, 1999
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Box office
- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $256,264
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $44,701
- May 8, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $256,264
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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