The Dreamers Reviews and Ratings


  • walnutfire846
    November 21, 2009
    walnutfire846
    It's mainly euro-artsy pretencious crap. It has some great, and I mean GREAT concepts splattered around, but doesn't get anywhere. Had a lot of potential...
  • ythelastman89
    November 18, 2009
    ythelastman89
    The concept is really unique and the acting was really great, especially for the subject matter and content. It has a lot of interesting questions about what is normal and what love really is. I enjoyed the 60s look of the film and thought it really matched the tone of the plot. ...( read more)Michael Pitt and Eva Green were amazing and definitely put in a lot of effort.
  • X5Babe
    October 31, 2009
    X5Babe
    Very interesting and inusaul film with excellent cast. Abit of nudity and strange sex scenes in this one:)
  • wwaising
    October 14, 2009
    wwaising
    A mixed thoughts off social background in 1968's Paris; as well as a reference to history off Cinema. Young & vivid. Beautifully shot with a unique, romantic smell off French Cinema. An introduction off charming Louis Garrel.
  • blobface21
    October 4, 2009
    blobface21
    um so i totally just threw up...the whole kissing with blood all over their faces was too much to handle.
  • kunam88
    October 2, 2009
    kunam88
    bertolucci attempts to recreate what he did wth LAST TANGO IN PARIS,and it failed miserably(well,not miserably,at least there' eva green in her most exotic roles)
  • samoolan
    September 25, 2009
    samoolan
    what film?
    Keaton or Chaplin?
    Red wine or Red wine?
    All very important questions!
  • lovelypersonality
    September 24, 2009
    lovelypersonality
    yes, omer want to see it......;-)
  • Khuloos
    September 21, 2009
    Khuloos
    Want to see, what is it in the movie..;-)
  • lucianojoaquim
    September 14, 2009
    lucianojoaquim
    Mais um bom filme do Bertolucci, com ótima fotografia e uma linda protagonista.
  • TomatoInTheRain
    September 6, 2009
    TomatoInTheRain
    Isabelle: "There's no such thing as love. There are only proofs of love."
    Matthew: "Yes, I'm drunk. And you're beautiful. And tomorrow morning, I'll be sober but you'll still be beautiful."

    if it was not SO disgusting, maybe it had been better
    it...( read more)s original and curious, interesting..
    but, reeeeeaally disgusting in some scenes of it u.u
    (i thought its almost PORN, not just sexual and hot, but really almost porn)
    -
    hmm... but nevertheless, i liked it.
    at least, it isn't boring.
  • vctrlz
    August 5, 2009
    vctrlz
    LOOVEEEEE<33333333

    even though its like borderline porn.

    well. IT IS PORN

    i love ittt
  • Topsie11
    August 5, 2009
    Topsie11
    This movie only tells us how the youth being react about the revolution...The Revolution of 1968 is shown as a time of hope that the youth can change the world and make it a better place.. seems like they are Innocent and playful.. this is also about friendship and love..i bet t...( read more)hey love classic movie here! lots of good artist was mention particularly the french revolution..
  • romy861
    July 31, 2009
    romy861
    Have just re-watched this one again and honestly never get tired of it, although I can acknowledge it is not a film that would appeal to everyone. This is beautifully filmed and cast - especially Michael Pitt and Eva Green.
    Despite the topic, this film manages to have an inno...( read more)cence to it, which slowly turns to tragedy by the end. Impressive.
  • killantzb4itzl8
    July 30, 2009
    killantzb4itzl8
    Isabelle: There's no such thing as love. There are only proofs of love.

    Matthew: Yes, I'm drunk. And you're beautiful. And tomorrow morning, I'll be sober but you'll still be beautiful.
  • groaningbitch
    July 28, 2009
    groaningbitch
    "the dreamers" is classic new-wave director bernardo bertolucci's smashing hit in 2004 to anchor a tribute to the ultimate flaming passion of cinema and, of course, its dreamers that could include anyone of us who dedicate ourselves in flixster for sure. but the audience has to a...( read more)sk himself one question: have you watched any of those movies referred within this flick as its protagonists mimc in their oblivious existence fabricated by the fragments of the cinema.

    a hippie-orientated american student of tumultuous 60s, the cynic period of vietnam war, on his cinematic crusade to paris, then he meets a pair of french twins who are also movie buffs, the edgy IT type with leftist politic tendency, who worship mao's cultural revolutions, deranged with their intense daring trials of sex. so the fresh-faced young american college student falls head overs heels in love with their charismatic allure of avant-gardist thinkings as well as their provocative sensuality when he sees the twins's naked sleeping poise. they dare each other to guess scenes of movies and the loser pays the price of punishments which strays an exhibitionistic masturbation and freewheeling intercourse.

    undeniably sex is a massive attraction of this movie like one quote of cinema notebook mentioned within the movie that filmmaking is an art of voyeurism, like peeping your parents have sex thru the key hole, you feel guilty but rapturously aroused, and filmmaker is like a criminal who philander the audience this forbidden desire, audience naturally takes the spot of michael pitt's coy american who covets eva green and louis garrel who shamelessly dangle their lovely youthful fleshes in front of you as if it's nothing big deal, then a phallic dream is granted as pitt's got to make love to eva green and deflower this gorgeous french apphrodite, this crazy but quirky ingenune of guileless seductiveness. which gentleman in the seat wouldn't crave for that, huh? but the sex is nothing gratuitous, it torches the supremacy of lustrous passion and tender affections, especially the scene when pitt and green embraces harshly after lovemaking, and the girl's face is smeared with tears and her own virginal blood at first time. (quite touching, indeed.) the sex looks nothing dirty but innocent like kids who toy with their newly experimented genitals.

    the most interesting parts would be michael pitt's philosophical dialogues with louis garrel, the angry youth who resents his highly proper and dignified father, who despises the bourgeois hypocrisy of cold war despite he's a descendant of middle class. they debate over keaton and chaplin, and the awestruck cultural revolution and its fundamental contradictions. you see posters of chairman mao hung in garrel's bedroom and he's reading the little red book so sincerely like it's a sacred bible. garrel takes it so literily that he even goes on street with a bomb to protest against the facsist french police (as he claims) while michael pitt strives to hold their faces for a quick smack of kisses to demonstrate his notion "an orgasm is better than bomb" (this slogan appears in the t shirt pitt wears in the premiere of "dreamers" as well) just like the highly welcomed hippie's idea of "free love" in 70s america: if we make love to each other instead of using our fists, the world would be in peace forever. i suppose frenches were more militant to resort to communism and sweeping revolutions while americans were more self-indulgent with their naive hedonistic beliefs. whatever happens in the world is all silmultaneous and contagious, china of the orient was going thru cultural revolution with a little mao book while the occidental country like france had various riots to echo that. meanwhile my country, taiwan, was dozing itself with a non-existent fancy pushed by governmental proganda that chiang kai-shek could retrieve mainland china, along with his american conspirators to perform his oriental "mccarthyism", which was just like mao's cultural revolutions, had all costed more real bloodshed than the occidental side of the world.

    as roger ebert remarks in his professional review of "the dreamers" that the people who really change the world are not those who watch movies but those who have money and power. "the dreamers" showcased the most fascinationg period of cinematic worship when moviegoers do have a sense of political involvement with the worldwide conditions and project a true absorption of culture to the movies they watch without discriminations like "i cannot accept silents" or "black and white screen is blurry"or "oldies are intimidatingly boring"...it was the time when filmviewing was taken very seriously like the air they inhale and breathe out...but today audience watches movies with an easy expectation to "amuse himself to death" (a pun to the book witten by neil postman), there's nothing too idealstic but simply cheap fun-seeking..i wonder whether i should rejoice over this apathy even i deeply realize that dreamers truly cannot the world. somehow, in the end, does it really matter anymore? youth is a like a budding flower of frivolity and naivete, a fair blossom of dreams and hopes, you're the most beautiful when you smile with hope or frown with purist idealism because it's a utmost expression of your non-speckled humanity.
  • jacobblust
    July 25, 2009
    jacobblust
    Crazy film... I basically couldn't stand listening to Michael Pitt (Anything he has ever done, I have hated him.... I just don't like him if you haven't guessed.) But I guess Eva Green made up for some stuff...

    C'ish
  • wetground
    July 22, 2009
    wetground
    muito bom. ótima trilha sonora.
  • acatnamedmoustache
    July 19, 2009
    acatnamedmoustache
    love love love everything about this movie, music, film, language, sex, lust, wine, paris, brilliance, crude culture, riots, fashion, 60s, accents. i could just fall in love living on the city streets.
    A++
  • VelvetDecay
    July 8, 2009
    VelvetDecay
    L'ho dovuto vedere due volte per apprezzarlo fino in fondo. Il finale č uno dei piů commoventi che abbia mai visto.

    Translation: I had to watch it twice to fully appreciate it. The ending is one of the most moving I've ever seen.
  • jschartrand
    July 8, 2009
    jschartrand
    An hommage to arts, music, cinema, painting, sculpture and everything that is smart, intelligent, brilliant, smart and everything.
  • MisterTuttle
    July 4, 2009
    MisterTuttle
    I love how this movie blends in my two favorite activites: Watching movies and having sex. The discussions the three characters have about films make you sit up in your seat and listen to what they have to say, particularly their opinions are what is interesting. Eva Green is del...( read more)iciously erotic. My best viewing experience when watching this film was on a rainy day. It helped pass the time.
  • luc22av
    July 4, 2009
    luc22av
    the nudes scenes are just gross, disgusting
  • haheita
    June 28, 2009
    haheita
    Todo cinéfilo tiene que ver esta joya, un frances, su hermana y un estadounidense en el movimiento del 68 se enredadera en una relación que se basa en placer, y cine.
  • g0y
    June 27, 2009
    g0y
    Nothing more than sexual provocation. Three weirdos obsessed with each other, all of it supposedly homaging "classics" from the past. The references to the movies seemed hastily implanted. I was about to call it a complete waste of time until the final shot provoked some thoughts...( read more) (Like any art film would). Great aperture used, but I still find Bertolucci's style overrated and unlikable.
  • isvalaboyhehe
    June 18, 2009
    isvalaboyhehe
    good movie i liked the story...
  • shax136
    June 14, 2009
    shax136
    the sexiest movie ever
  • citawijaya
    June 13, 2009
    citawijaya
    I'm 1000% sure that if they made this movie in the early 20's, the Vatican would rate it C for Condemned.

    Reminds me so much of Bertolucci's other movie, Last Tango in Paris, looks like this guy got no problems at all with nudity and clear sex scene in front of the camera. I lov...( read more)e it cause I can guess almost all the movie that they give in the movie.
  • diegoskarmatic
    June 12, 2009
    diegoskarmatic
    esta pelicula es... lo mejor. mi historia,
  • DaverRaver
    June 12, 2009
    DaverRaver
    "The first time I saw a movie at the cinématčque française I thought, 'Only the French... only the French would house a cinema inside a palace.'" -Matthew



    There is no other film quite like "The Dreamers". I found it highly enjoyable and I think the reason that cineph...( read more)iles love it is because it's about cinephiles. The film references are thrown at the audience like baseballs; quickly and with the intention of a catch. The three central characters work very well together... they represent three very different individuals but when they're placed together, they make up one whole (a close group against the grain of the rest of the world). First you have Matthew (played by the lovable Michael Pitt), he's the representation of good, the egotistical Theo is the representation of evil and then you have Isabelle. Isabelle is the conflict between the two. At times she's "tres genial", but at other times she seems very naive. She tries to act confident but only the audience can peer into her soul to see that she's very vulnerable. My main complaint is the story relies too heavily on sex. The nudity seems relevant but the sex doesn't. Graphic sexual content works well to advance the story in some films, like the genius "Shortbus", you feel it's just thrown in there to excite the pervs. All in all, it's a great film, you don't want to miss this one. But at the end of day, as far as sexy "three's a crowd" movies go, this just doesn't live up to the exceedingly high standards set by "Y Tu Mama Tambien".
  • RoryScorsese
    June 11, 2009
    RoryScorsese
    Wow, I actually found a film that loves film as much as I do. The Dreamers is my favorite Bernardo Bertolucci film. It tells the story of a shy young American who travels to France and forms a friendship with two siblings he meets at the cinematheque. Their passion for everything...( read more) film brings them together and a romantic, blissful relationship forms between them. Its a beautifully told story with superb acting from its phenomenal young cast. Michael Pitt is amazing as Matthew, the American exchange student. Eva Green is seductive and brilliant as Isobelle. Louis Garrel is stunning as her brother Theo. In my opinion, Louis was the standout of this film. He had a high level of energy and realism that is rarely seen in actors in contemporary cinema.

    I have never seen a film so passionate about cinema. Any and every film buff will find something to appreciate in this film. Bernardo Bertolucci is an artist who paints with a camera. He is a master of eroticism and human nature. The Dreamers is his masterpiece, plain and simple.
  • mauriciodiniz90
    June 4, 2009
    mauriciodiniz90
    the french know how to do it.
  • mistershinobi
    June 3, 2009
    mistershinobi
    Words are not enough.
  • elultimocero
    May 2, 2009
    elultimocero
    relaciones complejas, turbadoras, inquietantes... esplendido film, con fondo de de cine clasico y aquellos inolvidables 60's...
  • nowheredream
    April 25, 2009
    nowheredream
    The director did a very good job, their relationship was portrayed amazingly, and every emotion was incredibly strong.
  • jos7as
    April 14, 2009
    jos7as
    I like it its totally my kind of movie
  • bucusuz
    April 10, 2009
    bucusuz
    nefret ettim. burdan tüm eva green hayrani eski erkek arkadaslarima sesleniyorum. ne haliniz varsa görün banane.
  • fernandorafael
    April 4, 2009
    fernandorafael
    THE DREAMERS is a feast for the eyes in every sense of the word, but it doesn't make much of a statement. However, it's a movie about film buffs for film buffs, and should not be left unwatched.

    Twins Theo & Isabelle are two trainwrecks you need to see to believe, and the per...( read more)formances by Eva Green and Michael Pitt are the highlight of a somewhat dull (but incredibly sexy, if you look past the incest, and that scene with the blood) film.
  • ahhh1989
    March 21, 2009
    ahhh1989
    Excellent film! Michael Pitt's performance was perfect!
  • SarahTheMovieLover
    March 16, 2009
    SarahTheMovieLover
    Viva la revolution! C'est bon! First of all I have to say that Louis Garrel is soooooo sexy. I shudder thinking about it. That aside, I actually really enjoyed this movie. It was charming and unique. It's about love, film, passion, the relationship between twins etc. I loved how ...( read more)constantly the over riding theme is the cinema itself. Isnt that what all of us here on flixster love? The cinema? Great comparisions. Very creative piece. It was simple yet multilayerd. There is full frontal nudity but it didnt bother me much at all. The movie wasnt exploding with it and I cant put my finger on it, but there was something that made all the nudity and sexuality seem natural and not forced or overdone. Well acted and filmed. I enjoyed this for sure - slightly surprised at that fact too.

    Oh and just a cultural note, it's french. No the movie is not in french (although there is a fair bit of it) and I have to say boy oh boy this movie definitely showcases the styreotype that french smoke a lot. And just in the sense that it is about french culture in a way, this movie may not be liked by all.

    And I must mention that the ending did not completely satisfy me, but it didnt piss me off or confuse me so I suppose I can let it go.
  • leocorbett
    February 19, 2009
    leocorbett
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  • samshri
    February 18, 2009
    samshri
    beautifully shot. quite a visual treat :)
  • admiraltdail
    February 16, 2009
    admiraltdail
    Immoral but oh so intellectually stimulating is the Dreamers. I found myself in hate with the main character and creeped out by the siblings, but still couldn't stop watching the movie.
  • mylifeforfilip
    February 15, 2009
    mylifeforfilip
    NOT FOR ANYONE WHO'S EVER BEEN SEXUALLY ABUSED!
  • marysiak
    February 2, 2009
    marysiak
    v good, lots of naked cute guys having baths together, they seem to have cloned Leonardo diCaprio though, most odd. 9/10 (extra point for erect cock)

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