"Growing up as a child of divorce in the '90s, I always felt a little bit like an outlier; my parents were one of only a handful in our small town who had split. But even heavier than just having anxiety about being "different" was all of the emotion wrapped up in watching my parents' marriage come apart at the seams in front of me. Which is why it was so refreshing to watch Netflix's new animated movie In Your Dreams."
"The film follows 12-year-old Stevie and her little brother, Elliot, who discover a magical book that allows them to make their wildest dreams come true. Like, literally, their dreams. With their parents' marriage on the rocks, they devise a plan to seek out the Sandman through the dream world, hoping that he can grant their wish to return to a happier time for the whole family."
"On the surface, In Your Dreams has everything you'd hope for from an animated family movie: bright and colorful visuals (please someone take me to Breakfast Town), humor that'll have everyone cracking up (your kids will definitely be asking for a wisecracking toy giraffe named Baloney Tony after this), and a heartwarming story of the bond between siblings."
""Dreams are such a universal human experience," Director Alex Woo told me during a junket for In Your Dreams. "Everybody in the world dreams. Everybody throughout time has dreamed. We still don't really know why, which makes it great fodder for fiction and mythology and exploring stories.""
Twelve-year-old Stevie and her younger brother Elliot discover a magical book that makes their dreams come true and embark on a quest through the dream world to find the Sandman. Their parents' marriage is unraveling, and the children hope to restore happier family moments. The film pairs vivid, colorful animation and broad humor with emotional depth focused on sibling connection during family turmoil. Dream sequences mix whimsy and mythology to frame both escapism and emotional work. The movie provides moments that appeal to children and layered content for adults, creating opportunities to discuss fears, nightmares, and resilience.
Read at Scary Mommy
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]