Review of Dream a Little Dream (1989) by Angela W — 10 Aug 2009

I see that many people find the movie hard to follow, which is strange because I was able to follow it just fine the first time I saw it when I was about 12 years old.

This is a sometimes sweet, sometimes melancholy story that shows the frustrations of teenagers at dealing with adults who either ignore them, like Bobby's parents, or treat them as young children, as Lanie's mother does. Add this to dealing with social dynamics in high school and life is pretty rough for your average teen. Now toss in a metaphysical generational body swap, different from almost any of the genre, and you have an engaging romance between two couples.

I love this movie.