Transfer of consciousness movies were really piling up ever since the Disney
Studios came out with the first Freaky Friday during the 80s and 90s. In the
case of Dream A Little Dream it only goes one way.
Senior citizen Jason Robards tells his wife Piper Laurie that he's been doing a lot of transcendental meditation and he tells her quite matter of factly that one night he will go to sleep, will himself into a coma and move into the mind of another. Unfortunately the mind he occupies is that of Corey Feldman a rather vapid teen who's got two things on his mind.
The first is he does like Michael Jackson and Feldman does a mean moonwalk. The second is Meredith Salenger who is the girlfriend of jock William McNamara. The only one who has some grasp of how Feldman has changed from within is best friend Corey Haim.
The best scenes are when Feldman goes to sleep and then he can contact Robards. Those dream sequences have both learning a lot about each other.
Usually Corey Haim is in the lead and Feldman is the second banana. It was nice to see them change this up.
Dream A Little Dream besides reviving a great pop standard is nice and innocuous teen flick that still holds up well.
Senior citizen Jason Robards tells his wife Piper Laurie that he's been doing a lot of transcendental meditation and he tells her quite matter of factly that one night he will go to sleep, will himself into a coma and move into the mind of another. Unfortunately the mind he occupies is that of Corey Feldman a rather vapid teen who's got two things on his mind.
The first is he does like Michael Jackson and Feldman does a mean moonwalk. The second is Meredith Salenger who is the girlfriend of jock William McNamara. The only one who has some grasp of how Feldman has changed from within is best friend Corey Haim.
The best scenes are when Feldman goes to sleep and then he can contact Robards. Those dream sequences have both learning a lot about each other.
Usually Corey Haim is in the lead and Feldman is the second banana. It was nice to see them change this up.
Dream A Little Dream besides reviving a great pop standard is nice and innocuous teen flick that still holds up well.