Summary:Seventeen-year-old Caroline Wexler is facing a teenager’s nightmare: her widowed father has moved them from the big city to a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. When Caroline realizes she has nothing in common with the burnout losers in her new school she pursues the one person with who excites her interest – her handsome young teacher, MrSeventeen-year-old Caroline Wexler is facing a teenager’s nightmare: her widowed father has moved them from the big city to a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. When Caroline realizes she has nothing in common with the burnout losers in her new school she pursues the one person with who excites her interest – her handsome young teacher, Mr Anderson. A bizarre love triange ensues between Caroline, Mr Anderson, and a sweet, but troubled classmate. Featuring a hit indie soundtrack in this mash-up of the bizarre and the beautiful, Daydream Nation is a coming-of-age story for the 21st century. (Anchor Bay Films)…Expand
A great watch with some passionate performances from indie and mainstream actors/actresses. Kat Dennings is beautiful but also a fantastic actress who can portray a vast array of emotions. She is the next Ellen Page in my eyes. I liken this to Juno on acid washed down with a bottle ofA great watch with some passionate performances from indie and mainstream actors/actresses. Kat Dennings is beautiful but also a fantastic actress who can portray a vast array of emotions. She is the next Ellen Page in my eyes. I liken this to Juno on acid washed down with a bottle of absinthe. Heart-warming and romantic with tragic characters making their way through mixed up lives. I cannot recommend highly enough if you enjoy films with layers and depth of story.…Expand
What a cool find! This movie flew under the radar, but don't let that discourage you from checking it out. It was romantic and funny and extremely dark for a teen film. The plot follows a girl that moves to a small town where she can't relate to the locals, so she tries re-inventing herself.What a cool find! This movie flew under the radar, but don't let that discourage you from checking it out. It was romantic and funny and extremely dark for a teen film. The plot follows a girl that moves to a small town where she can't relate to the locals, so she tries re-inventing herself. I won't spoil anything, but needless to say this quickly leads to trouble. But what sets the movie apart are the complicated turns in the characters, and the surreal and slightly druggy atmosphere that hovers over everything. In some ways this movie caught my high school experience more closely than any Hollywood fare. Sometimes the movie slides off the rails, so it's not perfect -- but as the movie itself suggest, our ideas of what perfection means are open to interpretation.…Expand
Just saw this movie on Netflix streaming and now I wish I'd seen it in theaters. Beautifully constructed, with the kind of buoyant messiness that perfectly captures being an overdramatic teenager, this movie was a sweet little surprise. Kat Dennings does a nice job as the femme fatale whoJust saw this movie on Netflix streaming and now I wish I'd seen it in theaters. Beautifully constructed, with the kind of buoyant messiness that perfectly captures being an overdramatic teenager, this movie was a sweet little surprise. Kat Dennings does a nice job as the femme fatale who realizes part way through the film that the role she's putting on at school doesn't lead to happiness. I highly recommend for people who like their teen movies tinged with something darker. Good movie.…Expand
Wow, so many things going on. So many damaged ppl. Plus a serial killer roaming the town. Even I started getting lost but the one thing I will say is that I never got bored... Not once.
I felt like I really was in a daydream watching Daydream Nation possibly it was the set design and amazing sound that made the film 100 percent artful or possibly it was the fact that for over fifty minutes of the hour and a half long film I just sat there half asleep waiting for somethingI felt like I really was in a daydream watching Daydream Nation possibly it was the set design and amazing sound that made the film 100 percent artful or possibly it was the fact that for over fifty minutes of the hour and a half long film I just sat there half asleep waiting for something to happen. It's artful but it is boring!…Expand
This is a pretty average sort of "everyone is messed up" slice-of-life type of movie. It's got a nice arc to it that gets resolved in a satisfying way, but it's nothing to write home about really. However, it has Kat Dennings in it, so I'm giving it +1 just for that.
Daydream Nation is a total snorefest, no wonder the critics loved it. The plot had too many distractions and meaningless little added tidbits that took away from the main story and added needless minutes to an already too long film. The acting was really good and Kat Dennings is somethingDaydream Nation is a total snorefest, no wonder the critics loved it. The plot had too many distractions and meaningless little added tidbits that took away from the main story and added needless minutes to an already too long film. The acting was really good and Kat Dennings is something special for sure but other than those elements, this movie is 98 minutes long and could've been summed up just as easily in 30.…Expand