What Dreams May Come

An exhibition of visual effects by ILM interspersed with reflections on the meaning of life and the need for love. Two storylines: the wanderings of Robin Williams mixed with memories of his wife. Both are alright, but they don’t work very well together. My impression overall is rather mixed, but it’s certainly an original film. (21/04/2003)

Either I just wasn’t in the right mood for it or or What Dreams May Come is the most visually kitschy and substantively pseudo-emotional “epic” film I have ever seen. (24/05/2003)

An absolute fantasy! A beautiful fairy tale full of emotions that must grab the heart of everyone who has at least a little bit of a dreamer in them. I have rooted for few characters in film history as much as I did for Robin Williams here. I don't know how many times I've seen What Dreams May Come. But every time it was, is and will always be a great experience. I also recommend the book. Beautiful. (20/06/2010)

A thematically unique and highly sophisticated film, its sense for detail and emotional charge will truly be appreciated only by those who have experienced similar things. They went wild on the visual and aesthetic side, but also quite strong in terms of acting. Robin Williams still maintains the trend of not being able to play in a completely normal film. The first half perfect, it is complete, full of emotions, and fatefulness. The second half is more gloomy, more fragmented and complicated, and it’s much less viewer-friendly. (02/12/2013)

Too cheesy, strange, and basically saying nothing film that tries to show that everything can be communicated through images. That's not entirely true. The actors can try their best here, and they do, but in the end I felt like it was just too sugary fairytale that tries to squeeze tears out of the viewers at all costs. (02/06/2015)