- Starring
- Hailey Magpali, Simu Liu, Cristin Milioti
- Directors
- Erik Benson, Alexander Woo
- Rating
- PG
- Genre
- Adventure, Comedy, Children, Fantasy
- Release date
- Nov 14, 2025
- Where to watch
- Netflix
Overall Score
Rating Overview
Rating Summary
In Your Dreams is a 2024 Netflix animated movie about two young siblings, Stevie and Max, who enter a magical dreamworld every night. There, they meet the Sandman, who grants wishes, but things get complicated when their parents’ troubled marriage starts bleeding into their dreams. With the help of some quirky creatures, the kids try to fix their family while navigating weird, shifting dream landscapes.
In Your Dreams REVIEW
An older child who learns to like a younger sibling is nothing new in children's movies. There are dozens of examples, and while Netflix's In Your Dreams certainly isn't the best example, neither is it the worst.
In Your Dreams is a high-energy tale with a lot going for it, at least as far as direct-to-streaming content goes. The voice talent is solid, the animation is slightly north of generic, and there's just enough originality and whimsy to entertain the kids without making parents regret their life choices.
Arguably, the best thing this flick has going for it is its pacing. Unlike the recently released Wicked: For Good, which is all but ruined by its stuttering storytelling, In Your Dreams' pacing is excellent. It's brisk and bouncy, and even though the story only makes a perfunctory attempt to reach the deeper psychological and emotional notes intrinsic to its plot, structurally, it's smooth and seamless. What it lacks in narrative texture, it makes up for in flow and efficiency.
The resulting family film is, unless you're sitting down to critique it, moderately enjoyable. Too bad the filmmakers weren't as concerned with messaging.
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James Carrick
James Carrick is a passionate film enthusiast with a degree in theater and philosophy. James approaches dramatic criticism from a philosophic foundation grounded in aesthetics and ethics, offering insight and analysis that reveals layers of cinematic narrative with a touch of irreverence and a dash of snark.
Spoilers, don’t continue reading if you don’t want to know what happens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And yes, I just so the whole movie to decide if my daughter is gonna watch it. I guess she can watch it this weekend if she wants.
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