In Your Dreams

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In Your Dreams

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2025

1h 30m

Adventure

Fantasy

Animation

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In Your Dreams is a comedy adventure about Stevie and her brother Elliot who journey into the absurd landscape of their own dreams. If the siblings can withstand a snarky stuffed giraffe, zombie breakfast foods, and the queen of nightmares, the Sandman will grant them their ultimate dream come true... the perfect family.

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Critics Consensus

Harkening back to other classic animated adventures, In Your Dreams adds imaginative flourishes to a familiar framework and delivers big-hearted family entertainment.

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Nell Minow

RogerEbert.com

Nov 14, 2025

3.5/4

It’s a wise and touching story about the challenges of family and of change.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Nov 13, 2025

3/4

Director/co-screenwriter Alex Woo and co-director/co-screenwriter Erik Benson don’t break new ground, but do know how to tell an appealing, family-friendly story.

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Owen Gleiberman

Variety

Nov 10, 2025

“In Your Dreams” is built around great swirling mounds of imagistic energy, yet it feels secondhand at its core.

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Clotilde Chinnici

Loud and Clear Reviews

Dec 21, 2025

3.5/5

With its positive message of embracing adversity rather than shying away from it, the movie is perfectly suited for kids who make up the primary audience of this film.

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Paul Salfen

AMFM Magazine

Dec 12, 2025

8.5/10

The new fun characters like Baloney Tony and relatable leads going through real issues makes for the perfect formula that shows that projects full of warmth and heart go a long way – especially in a time like this when we need it most.

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Marlon Wallace

The M Report (WBOC.com)

Dec 10, 2025

I haven't seen every animated film in 2025, but this one stands out as one of the best. Current predictions have this film not getting nominated at the 98th Academy Awards, but in my estimation it should.

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Kent

Nov 11, 2025

Lots of heart and laughs. Wonderful story, looks beautiful, great songs.

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Ascher A

@lol797 Oct 10, 2026

The little boy made me so mad.

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R T

@RT83780096 Sep 8, 2026

Such a cute movie! Love the kids and the parents having problems really connected to relationships nowadays. And the main character was really relatable.

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Jacob B

@JB3.0 Sep 5, 2026

In Your Dreams isn't perfect. The animation, while not really bad, does have that stereotypical Pixar look to it that you'd be forgiven for thinking AI was used*. It also became clear to me in the third act that there was going to be a twist because not only is the solution handed to our heroes on a silver platter but "Dark is Not Evil" has been a common trope in animation for quite a while now making it clear that Nightmara's actions were for different reasons than we'd been led to believe. However, I still think it's worth checking out thanks to some good comedic timing, likeable characters and a story that gives younger audiences tough-but-fair life lessons. It's not the best animated movie of 2025 and it doesn't go as crazy with the dreaming premise compared to other media but it's enjoyable enough and, at least with regards to the subject matter, could be Mrs. Doubtfire for a new generation. *The new Netflix Animation Studios logo was quite nice. Didn't know they had new branding.

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Michael P

@MikeP29 Aug 30, 2026

Middle of the road, just fine animation the doesn't seemingly do anything to special but isn't bad. Technically it's pretty good with Simu Liu and Cristin Milioti doing really good work as the parents and I likes the music and score beats. The story is inconsistent and just to rushed. At 85min, they could have afforded a little more time exploring the dream world. Overall the movie was fine

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Wan Omar W

@RT53107065 Aug 14, 2026

The plot was not that unusual. But, oh my, it was very pleasurable to watch with its funny animation and heartbreaking story.

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Synopsis

In Your Dreams is a comedy adventure about Stevie and her brother Elliot who journey into the absurd landscape of their own dreams. If the siblings can withstand a snarky stuffed giraffe, zombie breakfast foods, and the queen of nightmares, the Sandman will grant them their ultimate dream come true... the perfect family.

Director: Alex Woo
Producer: Timothy Hahn, Gregg Taylor
Screenwriter: Erik Benson, Alex Woo
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Domain Entertainment (II), Kuku Studios, Dave Enterprises, Netflix Animation, Intromagine Pictures
Rating: PG (Some Rude Humor|Scary Images|Action/Peril|Thematic Content)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 7, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 14, 2025
Runtime: 1h 30m

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