Come True

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A homeless, weird looking girl sleeps outdoors for some unknown reason, signs up as a sleep study subject to be able to sleep indoors. The sleep scientist is an extremely nerdy, autistic and creepy guy. The actor is a Daniel Radcliffe lookalike with acting skills equally wooden as Daniel's. He happens to fall in love with this weird looking girl and starts to stalk her. She dreams of dark shadowy, scary looking figures and we see lots of the dream sequences. One day she just wanna escape the creepy guy and the sleep experiments, so she runs off. He chases her and finds her unconscious, brings her to his home and goes to sleep with sleeping equipment connected to his body. The girl wakes up and sees him on the bed with equipment on him and some monitors that shows his dreams. She sees herself in his dreams (because he loves her, right) so her heart softens up. This is his nerdy autistic way of telling her that he likes her, he shows her his dream. (omfg) They have their first weird "date" in a coffee shop, then they go home and have sex. She passes out while having sex and starts to dream. She see herself in front of a mirror with vampire teeth, wakes up and sees that she killed the creep, with her thumbs. Oh and at the end we see the girl's mobile phone, still on after 20 years where someone texts her and says: "you've been in a coma for 20 years"... like wtf Conclusion: This is the absolutely worst film I've seen in a long time. It does not make any sense at all. Bad storytelling, bad actors, bad direction, bad everything. People often say "I wasted 2 hours of my life", well.... this time I really mean it. I wasted 2 hours of my life. Absolute garbage. Go die, movie. Oh and all the 10/10 reviews are either bought and/or the production team is involved. Don't fall for it.

Bad acting. Bad direction. Non existent script. Was this a first draft? It was cringe from start to finish. The ending!?!? WTF Felt like there was a decent idea but just soooo bad in its execution.

Nice try. But fail. Flat on their ass. I guess whoever wrote the script got so entangled in it that ended up painting themselves into a corner, having no other choice than resort to that old friend of ancient greek theatre, the "deus-ex-machina"... in the form of one of those old and battered gimmicks of american scriptwriters, making you jump from your seat and yell "What? Come on!... Really?!!" What a terribly frustrating disappointment. I hope whoever wrote this script never writes a paragraph again. If you like your expectations being stolen from you, this will do. I give it 10 stars just for the (extremely high) aesthetic quality, and -7 (seven below zero) for the movie as whole.

Not scary so don't watch if your looking for that. Cinematography was beautiful I had a very dark ominous feel to it but it never achieves that scare factor. The whole time watching this movie I couldn't figure out when it was suppose to take place! It was because the technology and the posters on the walls were from the late 80's to 90's and the computers that were used were also from that era but then all of a sudden they're sitting on the bed with an iPhone and a MacBook so that's a bit confusing. Acting was eh so Overall I'd skip it.

When Sarah starts to walk out of the underground parking garage, it is pouring rain. Once she steps outside, bone dry! WTF? Also, when she takes her long walk, just before she has to walk on rough terrain, she magically gets house shoes on her feet! Another bad continuity problem! Man, if I notice these inconsistencies, they are BAD! I usually am too into the story, but these are GLARING mistakes! They literally took me out of the film. The story sucked, but the dream images were FANTASTIC!

Everything about this movie is exactly what I wish for. A spellbinding story. You have to use your brain. Dreamlike music. Great actors. Amazing scenes. Different! I absolutely loved this gem!

'Come True' (2020) based on a story by Daniel Weissenberger and written, directed and filmed by Anthony Scott Burns is one of those films about which at the end of watching you wonder 'what did I actually see?'. It is, of course, a horror film, following many of the rules of the genre, at least until a certain point. Above all, however, it is an oneiric film, a dream on several levels: because at the objective level the script tells a story about sleep, dreams and especially nightmares, because of the way it is made and filmed, and because the final explanation that provides a kind of key to what we have seen, a key that we can accept or not. Of course, I will say nothing about the end, so as not to commit the sin of revealing anything that would rob the viewers of the pleasure of surprise. I will only say that this film has good chances to please both the horror genre lovers and those who look for smart movies without minding if they are strange. The film debuts as a psychological thriller about coping with sleep disorders, chronic fatigue, and the nightmares caused by them. Sarah ( Julia Sarah Stone) is a college student who spends her nights in parks or at her friend's house, in restless sleep, haunted by nightmares. The proposal to participate in a scientific study of sleep disorders, which provides her with a comfortable bed at night, seems to answer exactly the problems she faces. But what exactly is this clinic, with its immaculate white walls and slightly retro-technical monitoring devices? What is the purpose of the research? The nightmares return, they amplify, the worlds of dream and seemingly objective reality begin to multiply, to mix. The nightmares do not stop with the awakenings. Why does 'Come True' attract and captivate? First I would mention the cinematography. The representation of dreams, including nightmares, has a rich tradition in the history of the film from Buñuel and Hitchcock to mention two illustrious predecessors. The solution to visualising the dreams proposed by Anthony Scott Burns is not looking for the spectacular but for the psychological impact - his dreams are dark and cloudy, just as we feel when we have a bad dream. The lead actress, Julia Sarah Stone, creates a fantastic role. I rarely throw superlatives, but here I can't help but notice that she is also perfectly distributed physically, and that her expressiveness is at the Academy Awards level. At the age of 23, she proves that she has a ton of talent but also experience, with 38 films in her filmography already listed by IMDB. Compared to her, the other interpretations fade, including that of Landon Liboiron, in the role of the researcher in the sleep study clinic who provides support to the heroine in critical moments. I also liked the ending, although I read it being criticised by other commentators. I think it has the great quality of not trying to explain everything we saw, leaving us to keep thinking and asking questions. Just as intense dreams continue to accompany us after waking up. Recommended viewing.

Come True is an interesting one. The title has multiple meanings, the ending message also seems to have them. Yet I still wanted it to be so much better. All the visual substance I enjoyed quite a lot. The soundtrack was strangely recognizable but still good. The production design was very reminiscent of Posessor (2020), as well as some of the lighting choices were. Also, the CGI nightmare cut-ins were creative, they felt inspired by some dark art themes, some videogame inspirations even, like Dark Souls and especially Darkwood, or maybe something else I'm not aware of. Story-wise it is somewhat messy, there is a justification for this, but sometimes it feels really disconnected. The twist felt surprising but in a weaker way. At some point, it becomes clear that they are building up to something they cannot deliver cause they literally have like 2-3 long segments of build-ups that lead to nothing. The problem is that the type of story that they are using requires vague hints or better understandable symbolism. I've seen a couple of similar films but I don't want to name them to avoid spoilers. The way they did it just doesn't connect. Also, the idea of merging the real world with the subconscious nightmare world was awesome, but they still messed it up with that awkward twist. There isn't much in terms of characters or character development. Some of the dialogue is interesting, but as I've said the characters do not drive the story, they could've been doing anything else or not doing anything at all, the ending would still be the same. This concept is similar to the Evil Within game series, actually. I really hope that I've just missed the bigger picture (and possible hints) and the film is better than I understood it, but when I re-think what I just saw, I just can't find more good stuff to endorse. Worth a watch.

This movie has several things going for it, but ultimately disappoints. The central idea is a good one, and the lead actor gives a strong performance. She's likely to become more well known soon. The cinematography is strong, and the score is good, as is the direction, which owes quite a bit to Kubrick. Where the movie fails is in the writing, and to a lesser extent in the performances of the supporting cast. The dialogue is sometimes trite, and the plot is thin with holes. The end is both predictable and yet somehow even more disappointing than one expects. I don't mean to be harsh; the movie is worth a look. Just be prepared to be let down a bit by it all, in the end.