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robin williams , this time without a beard , returns to drama in this sloppy , sickly sweet fantasy with few redeeming features apart from the incredible effects .
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he plays chris nielsen , who meets annie ( annabella sciora ) and promptly marries her .
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they have two great kids , who sadly die in a car crash .
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just when it couldn't get any worse , chris gets killed in a car crash , and goes to heaven where he meets his guide albert ( gooding jnr . )
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annie can't take the grief anymore , and kills herself .
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( all sounding like good fun so far ? )
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the 'penalty' for suicide is to go to hell , and chris goes on a mission to try and rescue her using the help of the traveller ( max von sydow . )
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based on a novel by twilight zone writer richard matheson , what dreams may come is clunky , manufactured material doused with a extra load of sugar .
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this is the worse spielberg film spielberg never made .
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everything is wrong about this movie : the performances are forced , and the audiences fail to relate to any of the characters .
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williams puts on a convincing upset face , but that's all it is : a face .
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there's no emotion behind it .
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sciora's performance is lazy , and bogs down the whole film .
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she may look pretty , but she can't act .
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max von sydow is o . k as the traveller , if nothing special .
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cuba gooding jnr , thankfully , adds some bounce to his performance , and is certainly the best performer in the film .
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it's a shame that his character is so flat and 2-d , and offers no room for improvement .
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all the performers have to work with a soppy script , that tries it's best to get some emotion going , but never takes off the ground .
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there are _some_ scenes which could be real heartwarmers , but the faceless characters don't help to get anything out of the performers .
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while films like e . t used great actors , music and direction to pull of a masterful heart-tugging scene , what dreams may come is haphazard , expecting the emotion to come out of the scene automatically .
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instead , it's all rather boring .
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sure , the music is pretty ( by michael kamen ) and the cinematography isn't bad ( by eduardo serra ) but there's something lacking .
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the script doesn't help , filled with hopeless romantic clich ? s , and dud speeches .
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richard matheson can write some awesome science fiction stories , sadly this novel would look embarrassed in a bargain bin , let alone being converted into a $70 million vehicle for robin williams .
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despite being set in heaven , what dreams may come is mightily depressing .
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the film rushes a happy ending , but everything before this is very , very sad and black , which just adds to make the ending even more hopeless and stupid .
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but there's one redeeming feature about this failure of a movie : the special effects .
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heaven and hell are truly incredible places , and the actors fit perfectly with the virtual sets .
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but despite this , what dreams may come , proves to be nothing but the biggest disappointment of 1998 .
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instead of raising questions about existence , it raises boredom .
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sadly , i recommend you give this film a miss .
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better luck next time , robin .
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a david wilcock review ? 1998
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" you know , for kids " - norville barnes
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