Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story
DreamWorks Distribution | Release Date: October 21, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
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13
Mixed:
15
Negative:
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Recycles just about every sentimental ploy and cliche from a raft of horse racing movies. Read full review
60
VarietyJoe Leydon
Modestly engaging but mostly unexceptional. Read full review
60
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
There are no surprises in Dreamer--except that for all its visible and unselfconscious schmaltz, it's actually pretty enjoyable. Read full review
60
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Follows a formula, but the formula, when applied with skill and intelligence, as it is here, is pretty much foolproof. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyGregory Kirschling
One more feel-great sports movie with a teen-poetry title and Kurt Russell will have himself a trilogy. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
A kind of "Seabiscuit"-lite. Read full review
58
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Heartstrings are pulled mercilessly in Dreamer. Read full review
50
Village VoiceBen Kenigsberg
Adults will be restless as stabled bucks, but even children may need unusually high Ritalin doses to slog through the visual and dramatic indifference on display. Read full review
50
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
If you're a little girl in the Lisa Simpson mold, for whom the greatest wish-fulfillment in the world would be to have your own pony, then Dreamer just might be for you. Otherwise, no. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Dreamer is a kids' movie. It offers the simple black-and-whites of innocence, with no grays to add complexity. Read full review
50
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
I was not disappointed by Dreamer, the most dishonest movie I've seen in a while. Nobody gets a fatal disease before the end credits, but every other clich? is exploited in this fabric of impossibilities, nonsense, stereotypes and shameless tear-jerking. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
Kurt Russell and Kris Kristofferson, both graceful and naturalistic actors, are the best things going in this formulaic drama. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
As a sports drama -- a genre that's gotten entirely too much play lately -- "Dreamer" is singularly unexciting. Read full review
50
Washington PostDesson Thomson
It canters along, content to follow the Rules of Cute and Fuzzy Horse Movies. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie Punter
Certainly not a stinker. Yet despite its squeaky-clean appearance, this family flick has a pervasive and decidedly stale aroma. Read full review
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