This film looks good on paper but the writing is so dumb it's hard to overlook.
Where exactly did the dreams take these people? Are they dead? Can they come back?...yeah apparently a HUGE part of the film gets the don't worry about it treatment.
The wife apparently doesn't care one bit that a kids dream just devoured her husband and one of his classmates. She just goes on like she was never married. No investigation nothing. Ok???
What in the world are we seeing in the end? All of the "dead" people are seen "alive" in some weird story sequence except for the fact they aren't. In the hall she says "let them go". Um what?? WHERE ARE THEY? How the F are they even dead in the first place? Why is it some feel good ending when there's literally several effing people missing and we don't get ONE SHRED of explanation as to what happened to them? CanCER man eats them and boom they're gone LOL. HOW IS THAT A HAPPY ENDING? Also we're to assume THIS KID WILL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER NIGHTMARE AGAIN?
This film is so terribly written and they know it because the feel good ending tries to completely make the viewer forget about all of these GAPING plot holes. This is not a good film at all.
Before I Wake
2016
Action / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Before I Wake
2016
Action / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Plot summary
An orphaned child's dreams—and nightmares—manifest physically as he sleeps.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
August 11, 2016 at 11:05 PM
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Good premise buried by stupid writing
Not bad other than kate bosworth awful acting
Overall. A pretty typical, decent little horror flick. Easy, basic premise that does what it's supposed to do. The only issue is Kate Bosworth is awful in this. Did the director tell her "okay, same expression..whole movie...go"? It doesn't matter whats happening in the movie...her eating toast, her husband getting eaten by clay monster, driving to the bank, seeing a woman spiderwebbed dead against the wall. Doesn't matter to this woman. All the same to her. She walks in the entire movie not afraid and it goes away from the entire movie. Such a shame.
Not a horror but a supernatural drama
Advertised as a horror, this film is more a supernatural drama. A unique film with interesting characters and a solid plot. This is until the ending. The ending is disappointing and leaves the viewer with more questions than answers.