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A powerful socialite (Academy Award® winner Jessica Chastain) and a promising ballet dancer (Isaac Hernández) begin a dangerous affair. When he secretly crosses the US-Mexico border, she takes desperate measures to protect their future together. A tense, erotic drama from acclaimed director Michel Franco (Memory, New Order).

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Anchored by intense performances and charged intimacy, Dreams is a chilly yet compelling two-hander whose messy imperfections ultimately deepen its quietly tragic impact.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

10h

1.5/4

It is so aggressively affectless that it’s ultimately as forgettable as its title, something you might half-remember after waking up.

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

1d

1.5/4

Ultimately, Franco jettisons his characters for the sake of unearned plot twists that leave the viewer feeling only icky.

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Lindsey Bahr

Associated Press

1d

3/4

Hernández in his film debut is a beguiling presence as an actor and utterly transcendent as a dancer, which we get to see a lot of.

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Daniel Barnes

Dare Daniel

25m

1.5/5

Devoid of energy and frequently embarrassing, Dreams fits the new moldy mold of the miserable indie in which 120 minutes of navel-gazing and chewing food are punctuated by two or three "shocking" moments.

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Alex Bentley

CultureMap

5h

Writer/director Michel Franco seems to try to inject tension into Fernando and Jennifer’s relationship from the start, an attempt that is only halfway successful.

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Al Alexander

Movies Thru the Spectrum

6h

B-

Franco throws it all away with a third-act twist that is as ugly and cruel as it is wrong-headed. It also betrays his characters, who, up until that point, had displayed cunning, for sure, but nothing as dark and merciless as what they become.

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Rich L.

@Richard810 4h

Jessica chastain was great in it. But the storyline was dull.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 1d

Success in 1 hour and 38 minutes.

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Synopsis

A powerful socialite (Academy Award® winner Jessica Chastain) and a promising ballet dancer (Isaac Hernández) begin a dangerous affair. When he secretly crosses the US-Mexico border, she takes desperate measures to protect their future together. A tense, erotic drama from acclaimed director Michel Franco (Memory, New Order).

Director: Michel Franco
Producer: Michel Franco, Alexander Rodnyansky, Eréndira Núñez Larios
Screenwriter: Michel Franco
Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment
Genre: Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 27, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 1h 38m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1