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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary Nobody noticed when thirty-eight year old Joyce Vincent died in her apartment in North London in 2003. Three years later when her skeleton was discovered, her heating and television were still on. Who was Joyce Vincent and how could her death have gone unnoticed for so long? Dreams of a Life attempts to answer this question through testi...

Directed By: Carol Morley

Written By: Carol Morley

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 35 m

Dreams of a Life

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
62
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary Nobody noticed when thirty-eight year old Joyce Vincent died in her apartment in North London in 2003. Three years later when her skeleton was discovered, her heating and television were still on. Who was Joyce Vincent and how could her death have gone unnoticed for so long? Dreams of a Life attempts to answer this question through testi...

Directed By: Carol Morley

Written By: Carol Morley

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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30% Mixed
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0% Negative
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90
Aug 2, 2012
A riveting tale of a onetime vivacious personality, described by those who knew her as "stunning," "lovely," and "very well liked," but who nevertheless died alone, friendless and seemingly missed by nobody.
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80
Jul 31, 2012
Director Morley has at least restored something of a soul to her subject.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 30, 2012
A bleak yet strangely heartening film.
By Neil Smith FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 30, 2012
This barely conceivable story of neglect and loneliness is given heartbreaking new life by Morley, with Zawe Ashton standing in effectively for the tragic young singer.
By Patrick Peters FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 30, 2012
Dreams of a Life succeeds in making its point about the unkowability of the people in our lives, but there isn't quite enough substance here to fully sustain the film.
By Andrew Schenker FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 31, 2012
Left with barely any there there, Morley compensates with long reenactments starring look-alike Zawe Ashton that are never quite convincing but instead suck more air out of the haunting vacuum left behind in Vincent's wake.
By Michael Atkinson FULL REVIEW
42
Aug 2, 2012
Dreams of a Life unintentionally amounts to a mean-spirited snooze.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW

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7.3
75% Positive
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25% Mixed
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25% Mixed
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Production Company Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board, Cannon and Morley Productions, Film4, Soho Moon Pictures, UK Film Council
Release Date Aug 3, 2012
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.facebook.com/DreamsofaLife
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Awards

British Independent Film Awards
• 2 Nominations
London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 1 Nomination
Evening Standard British Film Awards
• 1 Nomination

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