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Slumberland

Slumberland

2022

Francis Lawrence

Marlow Barkley, Jason Momoa, Kyle Chandler, Chris O'Dowd ...

5.6

1,933

Adventure. Fantasy. Sci-Fi. Comedy A young girl searches for her missing father in a mystical dreamland with the help of a large half-man/half-monster creature.

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Debruge Variety	"It’s all quite garish and rather sloppily organized"
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Take heed, fans of McCay and classic comics: 'Slumberland' has nearly nothing to do with the thing you love. Either avoid it entirely or go in with your eyes open"
		Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"[It] is clearly envisioned as the streamer’s latest franchise-starter and, mercifully devoid of the winking smugness that drowns so many other kids’ movies (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A confusing kids movie that’s forgettable enough to feel like a dream"
		Nick Allen The Playlist	"Lawrence’s latest is fine for its don’t-over-think-it standards, and while it’s glossier than it is deep, it’s at least charted through with a roller coaster’s engineering"
		Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"There are few movie experiences more taxing than the picture that signals its eagerness to ingratiate, then spends minute after tedious minute tugging on the viewer’s sleeve to no effect"
		Lee Brown The Review Geek	"An enjoyable movie for both kids and adults, with moments that will evoke a lot of laughs and the occasional tear (...) An entertaining fantasy movie that has a little more depth than others of its kind"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"The realm of dreams is described as 'a world with no consequence', but as constructed, that comes in a movie with no clear creative compass, proving more mystifying than magical"
		Marco Vito Oddo Collider	"A mildly entertaining fantasy film that is only elevated by a great cast"
		Kevin Maher The Times	"The narrative parameters are lazy, the plotting pointless and the dramatic jeopardy non-existent —when everything is a dream, nothing matters (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		David Crow Den of Geek	"Specific images of the movie will surely live on in dreams to come. We're just not sure if they’ll be dreams worth remembering (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"
		Ferdosa Abdi Screen Rant	"While director Francis Lawrence's 'Slumberland' takes inspiration from the comic, it fails to capture the whimsy and delight of its origins (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Jacob Oller Paste Magazine	"['Slumberland']'s loose adaptation is Disneyfied in plot and theme, and self-smothering of a feeble imagination that barely outpaces its images"
		Ian Sandwell Digital Spy	"'Slumberland' is let down by the fact that as a fantasy, there's nothing fantastical about the majority of it (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Susana Polo Polygon	"A colorful fantasy, a heartwarming time, and the kind of weirdness that just might get stuck in the head of a creative young viewer"
		Peter Sobczynski rogerebert.com	"The biggest problem is its utter innocuousness (...) It's doubtful that most viewers will retain anything about "Slumberland" the day after they see it (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		Amanda Guarragi Ready Steady Cut	"The film highlights grief through the fantastical elements of 'Slumberland' but isn't as engaging emotionally as it should have been (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"
		Mike Shutt SlashFilm	"[It] is no different. Uninspired. And when your film is about dreams, uninspired is the last thing you want to be"
		Courtney Howard AV Club	"This family-friendly fantasy thankfully doesn't put audiences to sleep, but neither does it draw us into its dreamy sensation"
		Jake Cole Slant	"This take on the material is too sanitized to induce either wonder or dread, and not even Nemo's attempts to ease her grief land emotionally, leaving the girl as little more than a spectator to bland, unmemorable dreamscapes (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"

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