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Opal Dream
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MPAA RATING: PG for mild thematic elements, language and some violence
Starring Vince Colosimo, Jacqueline McKenzie, Christian Byers, Sapphire Boyce, Robert Menzies, Adam Morgan, Denise Roberts, and Peter Callan
A movie for children and grown-ups of all ages, Opal Dream tells the touching story of a young girl, Kellyanne Williamson, whose unshakable faith in her two imaginary friends resonates through her small hometown in the Australian Outback. (Strand Releasing)
| GENRE(S): | Drama | Family/Kids | Foreign |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Peter Cattaneo
Phil Traill Ben Rice (novella) |
| DIRECTED BY: | Peter Cattaneo |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: April 3, 2007 Theatrical: November 22, 2006 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 85 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | Australia / UK |
Also known as "Pobby and Dingan"
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The average user rating for this movie is 7.4 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Chad S. gave it a7:
"Kellyanne(Sapphire Boyce) and Francie(from Patrick McCabe's novel "The Butcher Boy") sitting in a tree..." Those two crazy kids would understand each other. Although Kelllyanne's psychotic break is cuter than his, the little blonde-haired, blue-eyed pixie will make you squirm as she participates in playtime with thin air. Intentional or not, "Opal Dreams" can be scary; Kellyanne's tenacious single-mindedness for the make-believe has the power to disturb. She's seriously f****d-up. Let's blame the parents. "Opal Dreams" could easily be construed as a backlash against the counterculture of the late-sixties. Look at her older brother, for instance, he's the one who should probably have the imaginary friends named Pobby and Dingan; the poor kid is named Ashmol(derived from "ashram"), which suggests that his parents were hippies and smoked a lot of pot on a commune. Kellyanne's imaginary friends have no religious affiliation; they're pacifists, an ideal perhaps hatched up by a little girl exposed to too many John Lennon records("Imagine no religion/it's easy if you try...), and pot. That's not to say "Opal Dreams" is a bad film. To me, it's the story of two former-flower children who are paying the price for their free-love, free-your-mind heyday.
Kellie Ann Z. gave it a10:
I loved this movie, it is one of my favorites. It's a very touching story that you will want to watch over and over again.
Mike gave it a3:
I really wanted to like this movie, but I didn't. Amateurish acting, one-dimensional and mostly uninteresting characters, and an unexceptional story poorly told all contributed to my disappointment. Whereas The Full Monty provided believably real people finding a novel solutions to routine problems, Opal Dream had wooden actors finding routine solutions to unbelievable problems. I like a sappy cryer as much as anyone. This one just didn't work.
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