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Hollywood Film Critique: What Dreams May Come

What Dreams May Come is a movie made in 1998. In the story, Dr. Chris Nielsen, a friendly doctor and faithful husband, is played by Robin Williams. Annabella Sciorra plays Annie, his beautiful wife who endures a lot of hardship. Playing the friendly spirit Albert, Cuba Gooding, Jr., helps Chris on his quest. The main theme is basically that love conquers all and that one should never give up, even when all seems to be lost. Chris meets Annie in boats, and they instantly fall in love. They marry and have a son and a daughter, and life seems wonderful until their children die in a car accident. Annie nearly goes crazy from her grief, but Chris tries to be strong for the both of them. On their special anniversary, Chris witnesses a car accident, and being a doctor, he runs over to help. He ends up dying by getting hit by a car, furthering his wife?s sadness. As a spirit, he is able to flashback to some...

Posted by: Leonard Herriman

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