Instant Dreams
Synergetic Distribution | Release Date: April 19, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Negative:
0
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90
Film ThreatBobby LePireApr 19, 2019
Instant Dreams makes a strong case for the necessity of instant photography. Its three main subjects are compelling and well spoken. The film’s powerful, hypnotic images, and the mesmerizing score only add to the dream-like atmosphere being conveyed. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 15, 2019
Instant Dreams is still an argument for the magical in a world that is “losing magic.” Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChuck BowenApr 17, 2019
While the film offers an appealingly nostalgic trance-out, it’s often short on detail, especially in terms of Stephen Herchen’s struggle to create the instant film technology, which director Willem Baptist reduces to exchanges of jargon in atmospheric laboratories. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenApr 25, 2019
As long as he maintains his focus on the notoriously private Land and the painstaking efforts of Impossible Project’s chief technology officer and Polaroid vet Stephen Herchen to recapture lightning in an SX-70, Baptist delivers something reasonably compelling. Unfortunately the bulk of the overly artsy production is preoccupied with the exploits of others. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckApr 19, 2019
Any viewers actually interested in the topic would be well advised to search elsewhere for information. Read full review
40
The New York TimesGlenn KennyApr 18, 2019
Baptist’s approach, treating his subjects like characters in a drama, is ultimately frustrating. Read full review
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