Dream House

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Dream House

PG-13

2011

1h 32m

Mystery & Thriller

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Publisher Will Atenton (Daniel Craig) quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby (Rachel Weisz), and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. As they settle into their home, however, the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town's prime suspect. With help from a neighbor (Naomi Watts) who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.

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Critics Consensus

Dream House is punishingly slow, stuffy, and way too obvious to be scary.

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London Evening Standard

11/25/2011

2/5

The fragile hope that we might have a grown-up horror movie on our hands is smashed to smithereens.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

11/25/2011

2/5

This is a workmanlike movie that is never quite scary enough, and never quite ingenious enough, though the four leads do an honest enough job.

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Adam Woodward

Little White Lies

11/24/2011

1/5

An utter waste of time and talent.

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Iván Kazi

EscribiendoCine

09/20/2023

4/10

Jim Sheridan's new movie is simply mediocre. The plot twists are thrown in lazily and at the wrong time. [Full review in Spanish]

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

03/08/2023

1/4

[Audiences will] have no idea what to make of the jumbled, mishandled mess they’ve just witnessed.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/20/2022

2/5

This is a movie featuring loads of talent and at its core a familiar but fairly interesting story. But it’s also a movie plagued with amateurish writing and an off-the-rails ending that undermines everything the movie tries to do.

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S S.

@SShol Jan 12

Extremely unique film, more of a somber study of grief and moving onward than a horror or thriller film. It’s not positive what genre it wants to be, but because of Craig’s good acting, he carries the film through its twists and turns (and plot twists, resolved or not). Rare for a film to act so stereotypically psychological thriller, give the reveal away before the first hour is up, and THEN get so much better. It sticks with you, and that’s rare for this genre. Kudos for the unique story

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Allison B

Jan 6

I think this movie gets a bad rap. With a Shutter Island-ish quality, Dream House may not be the big box office thriller they hoped but sticking around for the ending won't disappoint.

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Antonio

Jun 7

One of my favorite movies in life

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J C

Apr 25

I really enjoyed it, I really don't understand the negativity.

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Rey A.

@Saticena13 Mar 9

One of the best psychological thriller!

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bill k

11/28/2024

this is an example of how not to make a psychological horror movie there is no suspense and no thrills the script is terrible the story and plot both equally make no sense. Daniel Craig, Naomi watts, and Rachel Weisz give terrible poor performances, Craig and Weisz chemistry is so wooden, dull, lifeless and unconvincing they make a terrible on screen couple. its baffling how such a terrible on screen couple with no chemistry are married in real life and I hope they get divorced. Jim Sheridan did a terrible job directing it his direction was incompetent, and the cinematography and visual looks, imagery and scenery are bland and flat out dull to look at. a must miss

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Synopsis

Publisher Will Atenton (Daniel Craig) quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby (Rachel Weisz), and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. As they settle into their home, however, the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town's prime suspect. With help from a neighbor (Naomi Watts) who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.

Director: Jim Sheridan
Producer: James G. Robinson, David Robinson, Daniel Bobker, Ehren Kruger
Screenwriter: David Loucka
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Morgan Creek Productions, Bobker/Kruger Films
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexuality|Brief Strong Language|Terror|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 30, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.3M
Runtime: 1h 32m

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