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Dream Scenario
Directed by Kristoffer Borgli
Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom. From TMDB
197 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Oct 31, 2026 · How this works
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Dream Scenario is a 2023 comedy fantasy film, directed by Kristoffer Borgli, starring Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson and Michael Cera.
- 176 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
- posts span Sep 13, 2023 to Oct 31, 2026
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60 of 197 · most liked firstThe Drama is a little like Borgli’s other movie, Dream Scenario, in that they both have dazzling and exciting premises and first acts, and then proceed to spin their wheels for an hour in the most tedious way possible.
negative · AI labelView post →The Drama is better than Dream Scenario, for the record, which is a much more blandly reactionary movie in my opinion
negative · AI labelView post →I feel like with DREAM SCENARIO and Apple TV‘s FINGERNAILS, we’ve finally reached a point where a “Charlie Kaufman film” no longer requires any participation from Charlie Kaufman whatsoever.
neutral · AI labelView post →Nicholas Cage was the perfect choice for Dream Scenario, possibly the only choice for the role that makes sense, since he as a person is specifically suited to what the film is about, there being this other version of him that exists as an uncontrollable meme unconnected to him
neutral · AI labelView post →Really enjoying DREAM SCENARIO. What a fun little movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Dream Scenario is one of the great Nicolas Cage movies. It's deliciously strange and funny, plus inspiring, tragic, sad, happy—a full gamut of emotions. Here's my review
positive · AI labelView post →I loved DREAM SCENARIO (expanding wide Nov 22nd). The type of movie that takes a ridiculous, outlandish premise and explores its implications as fully as possible. It never loses sight of the human story at the center of the storm. And it delivers an amazing Late Stage Cage performance.
positive · AI labelView post →This week's Culture Gabfest: @isaacbutler.bsky.social joins as guest host to talk about the Nic Cage film Dream Scenario; @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social discusses her translation of Homer's Iliad (& reads aloud in Ancient Greek!); plus, the saga of Zaslav vs. Coyote vs. Acme. slate.com/podcasts/cul...
neutral · AI labelView post →Me, an idiot: Well, I thought ‘Sick of Myself’ was bad. I thought “Dream Scenario” was bad and boring. But I’m sure that I’ll enjoy Kristoffer Bigli’s latest film, “The Drama”.
negative · AI labelView post →two new film critters processeseseses. CAT PERSON and DREAM SCENARIO www.youtube.com/@FilmCritters
neutral · AI labelView post →Dream Scenario is superb, Nic Cage is flawless. What a weird, weird movie, I absolutely loved it.
positive · AI labelView post →Didn’t really enjoy Dream Scenario, a disappointing film that never follows up on its own promise. However, Nic Cage is excellent here and almost worth the price of a ticket. 🎥 Full review here: boxd.it/5bPfnv
negative · AI labelView post →Dream Scenario! New Paco Plaza! UFOs! Vampires! Folk songs! I've just dropped a slab of 10 reviews fresh out of Sitges over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists for your reading pleasure here awfj.org/blog/author/...
neutral · AI labelView post →An essay Kristoffer Borgli-the director of Dream Scenario and the upcoming The Drama-where he defended a then-recent relationship he had with a teenager when he was in his late 20s has resurfaced In it he references Woody Allen and Jerry Seinfeld I am not making this up
neutral · AI labelView post →Latest additions to the movie collection. Umbrella Academy for 2.50! We've got the first two seasons now. Dream Scenario looks very interesting. But first, let's see what all the fuss is about on those Terrifier movies. Bring it on! #MovieSky #HorrorSky #Terrifier
neutral · AI labelView post →2 movies today: first up was Nicolas Cage in Dream Scenario. He plays a college professor who has his exact likeness suddenly appear in other people's dreams. Things take a dark turn quickly. It's an interesting horror movie & Cage plays a very different character to usual.
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching: Dream Scenario (USA, 2024) 🎬 📽 🎥 Filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →I have no idea what we're going to watch tonight but it's going to be... Something. And likely something scary. (But maybe not, because I think DREAM SCENARIO is now on HBO) Anyway, it's about to be 📽️ Movie Time 🍿
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey everybody, @williambibbiani.bsky.social is back and we're got a whole bunch of movie reviews! Bibbs and @witneyseibold.bsky.social explore THE MARVELS, THE KILLER, DREAM SCENARIO, PRISCILLA, IT'S A WONDERFUL KNIFE, NYAD and A HOLIDAY I DO on this week's CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED podcast! 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →We went to the wrong theater for Dream Scenario and now we have some very expensive drinks and Mac and Cheese bites and no movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →When the 2023 WGA strike ended, folks at Fantastic Fest only found out immediately after the secret screening of Dream Scenario ended. So yeah, I want it to be after watching an amazing new film, roll credits, lights come up, I check my phone, and I come out of the theater into bright sunshine.
neutral · AI labelView post →I think this is my favorite Cage film in years. Thought Pig, Color out of Space, Mandy and Dream Scenario were pretty okay, not exactly living up to the hype for me, but still good films. This one, I fucking loved. Straight up a nightmarish 70's film and yet another great and grim Australian film
neutral · AI labelView post →Dream Scenario - I feel like they had a decent idea, revealed it in its entirety in the trailer but made no effort (or didn't know how) to resolve anything in the film. Nic was pretty good again though. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #FilmSky
negative · AI labelView post →Watched Dream Scenario Missed this originally from 2023 but when you have a movie like this, you can be excused as this is definitely one of the best films Cage has been in. Fantastic direction, some comedic moments to lighten up from the bizarre elements and a strong script throughout
positive · AI labelView post →Watched Dream Scenario last night. Maybe the last film I’ll watch this calender year and one of the best. Horror fans should check it out since it goes into Nightmare on Elm Street territory as it develops (and acknowledges the connection). It’s a perfect movie to close out the year with.
positive · AI labelView post →What's a movie from this year you haven't gotten to yet but are itching to see? Like I'm so interested in Dream Scenario, Saint Omer, and Godzilla Minus One.
neutral · AI labelView post →Whenever we want Nicolas Cage, all we have to do is #DreamScenario #filmsky 📽️ @aduralde.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Just caught a preview screening of the new A24 Nic Cage movie DREAM SCENARIO at the Alamo Drafthouse. Wild, strange, funny, horrifying — weird creeping dread in a very Lovecraftian way. Highly recommended. https://youtu.be/q3x9iUL-74w
positive · AI labelView post →76) Dream Scenario. A film that makes you ask questions like “how could you make this premise quite so dull?” “How much longer does this movie have to go?” “I wonder if there is a complete synopsis on Wikipedia?”
negative · AI labelView post →Four Fantastic Fest Secret Screenings this year. My guesses:* Anatomy of a Fall Bikerriders Dream Scenario Exorcist: Believer Five Nights at Freddy’s The Killer Killers of the Flower Moon Night Swim Poor Things Saw X * Excludes NYFF U.S./world premieres or announced for the Austin Film Festival.
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyway, awful movie. And really sad I didn't like this one at all as a fan of both Sick of Myself and Dream Scenario.
negative · AI labelView post →Year-end movie watching and catch-up season, ranked 1) The Holdovers 2) Dream Scenario [gap] 3) Poor Things 4) Air 5) You Hurt My Feelings 6) Blackberry 7) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 8) Confess, Fletch 9) Maestro 10) Oppenheimer [gap] 11) May/ December
positive · AI labelView post →saw DREAM SCENARIO, which captures, better than any film I've ever seen, the agony and irritation of the burnt-out terminal associate professor (he says he's 'tenured', and to me that reads that's all he's done), forever promising something he's never going to deliver, and so envious. Furthermore +
positive · AI labelView post →Nic Cage showed up in my dream last night as a university lecturer, so on waking I had a sleepy moment of wondering if I'd somehow woken up in the film Dream Scenario instead of real life. Probably not, right?
neutral · AI labelView post →it's true that there isn't a lot of evidence put forward for her theory. and the method she uses to come up with it (other than maybe copying from the Nicolas Cage movie Dream Scenario) is very self-centered. She doesn't ask eg if other insomniacs have a greater incidence of showing up in dreams.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched 📽️Dream Scenario (2023)📽️ Starring: Nicolas Cage "An ordinary family man finds his life turned upside down when strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams." I've been meaning to catch this one for a while. The whole concept!! 😲 #Films #FilmSky #Movies #NicolasCage #A24
positive · AI labelView post →There was this scene in Dream Scenario that gave me what I think could be an intriguing way of doing a new Nightmare on Elm Street movie that would.
neutral · AI labelView post →37. Dream Scenario (2023) #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days
neutral · AI labelView post →We all remember Nicolas Cage when he‘s in full wacko mode and sometimes forget that he can be a subtle actor. Like in Dream Scenario, which I just enjoyed (or in one of my favorite movies of his, Pig). Distinctive movie, Kaufman-esque, with some remarkable editing and the great performance from Cage. #DreamScenario #NicolasCage #KristofferBorgli #CineMastodon #FilmMastodon
positive · AI labelView post →Not me but my mate Rob playing the piano. This piece I Wish This Was Real is from the film Dream Scenario. I love its ethereal qualities and I just had to share it . #Piano #MovieMusic #Music #MusicSky youtu.be/04Wgp2R9gyw?...
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m doing a drawing for every Nicolas Cage film I watch and review as part of the morbidlybeautiful.com Cage Match series. This is an ode to his underrated masterpiece, DREAM SCENARIO. See more illustrations at bloodygooddesign.com/project-cage/. #nicolascage #illustration #bloodygooddesign
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched “Dream Scenario” last night. How was this billed as a comedy? This was more like a scary / twisted episode of the twilight zone. Anyway the story was original and the acting was incredible (especially from Nick Cage). I’d recommend 👍🏼 #Film #FilmSky #Movies 🍿🥤 youtu.be/q3x9iUL-74w?...
positive · AI labelView post →"Dream Scenario" is a fun little film, thank you for the recommendation @firstnamebob.bsky.social!
positive · AI labelView post →First movie was Sick of Myself (2022) Directed by Kristoffer Borgli. He also directed Dream Scenario which was one of my favorite movies of the last year
positive · AI labelView post →I recently saw Dream Scenario and it's a movie where it would have been very easy, I might say expected even, for him to "go full Cage" and instead it's one of the better performances I've seen recently.
positive · AI labelView post →Another week, another #LetterboxdFriday Some old good and bad new. Both Dream Scenario and American Fiction think the audience cannot add things up. They both have unnecessary explanations to what's happening in the movie.
negative · AI labelView post →#AzAbsorbs: Dream Scenario (2023), an excellent A24/Ari Aster film, Nic Cage does a brilliant job.
positive · AI labelView post →Everyone dreams about Nicolas Cage in the Dream Scenario trailer. Watch it here bit.ly/3LsX6BB #NicolasCage #DreamScenario #film @A24
neutral · AI labelView post →Not sure I'll be back in time for tonights film but why not join #thefilmcrowd for a DREAM SCENARIO of a film - Joe Dante's favourite film of 2023!
neutral · AI labelView post →21. Dream Scenario (2023 film) This movie was an absolute blast. I had no idea where it would go the entire time. And the editing was really good; there were quite a few jokes with some hard cuts that really got me. I hope That Man is doing alright
positive · AI labelView post →Nicolas Cage’s depiction of celebrity nightmare infiltration in his movie Dream Scenario provides a very compelling argument as to why these Google reviews are both necessary, and with merit.
neutral · AI labelView post →I just watched Dream Scenario, because it's included with Prime now. Very good film, despite some misjudged tonal swerving in the last 20 minutes or so. Nicolas Cage is brilliant in this.
positive · AI labelView post →Okay I have a movie choice of Dune 2 or Dream Scenario. Which is it to be? (It has to be one of these two films, you can't go CARRY ON ABROAD LOL LOL LOL)
neutral · AI labelView post →The Nic Cage movie Dream Scenario was interesting but it did seem out of place when his character looked for buried treasure under the Statue of Liberty and then the part played by Cher said "Snap out of it!"
negative · AI labelView post →I finally got a chance to see it and I feel like award season really overlooked Nicholas Cage’s performance in Dream Scenario. He’s great! These last few years of his career have been fascinating. Also there’s a scene in this movie that is so funny and so crushing… oof.
positive · AI labelView post →Enjoyed a long weekend full of films. American Fiction and Dream Scenario were great, highly recommend both!
positive · AI labelView post →Hey Oslo friends! Kim's introducing Dream Scenario at Vega this Thursday with a talk, you should go pop along www.vegascene.no/film/YME2023...
neutral · AI labelView post →Dream Scenario review. Nicolas Cage is the man of everyone's dreams...and nightmares. Fame culture gets taken to task in this darkly funny, original film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Marvel is trying to make the All-in-one movie. It's action-comedy-suspense-thriller-(some flavor of)romance... Give me Killers of the Flower Moon or an Asteroid City, a Talk to Me, Dream Scenario.. Put other things into theatres.
positive · AI labelView post →Enjoyed watching and thinking about “Dream Scenario.” lithub.com/dream-scenar...
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