Dream Lover
1994 · Movie · 103 min · ★ 6.5 · 60% critics
After meeting at an art gallery, a successful architect quickly marries a captivating woman and starts a family. As unsettling incidents pile up, he becomes increasingly paranoid and begins to suspect he doesn’t truly know the person he married, putting his home life and sanity under pressure.
Also known as Une épouse trop parfaite
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Details
- Years
- 1994
- Release date
- 1994-11-11
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 60/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (129 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a steamy, twisty paranoia thriller about marriage and mistrust, with a pulpy neo-noir edge; Not for you if you dislike implausible turns or messy endings like Pacific Heights.
Pros: tense paranoia vibe; strong lead chemistry; watchable thriller setup | Cons: uneven writing; weak supporting roles; divisive ending
Themes
- adultery
- paranoia
- architect
- marriage
- femme fatale
- divorce
- erotic thriller
- manipulative woman
- cruel
Cast & crew
James Spader
as Ray Reardon
Mädchen Amick
as Lena Mathers
Fredric Lehne
as Larry
Bess Armstrong
as Elaine
Larry Miller
as Norman
Kathleen York
as Martha
Kate Williamson
as Mrs. Sneeder
- TL
Tom Lillard
as Hank Sneeder
William Shockley
as Buddy
- CS
Carl Sundstrom
as Officer
Directed by Nicholas Kazan