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Slumberland (2022)
A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
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Dana Ziyasheva
December 29, 2022
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The Discreet Insensitivity of ‘Slumberland’
The Netflix fantasy feature Slumberland (2022) is based on the comic strip “Little Nemo in Slumberland” which was created by the American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay in 1905. In this exquisitely drawn psychedelia, Nemo is a boy who embarks on fantastic adventures in his dreams. It’s a flow of subconsciousness at its finest, and it contains no moral lesson.
Written by David Guion and Michael Handelman, and directed by Francis Lawrence, Slumberland has a story to tell and a lesson to teach. Nemo is a girl played by a dependable, but uneventful Marlow Barkley. After losing her dad (Kyle Chandler) at sea, Nemo retreats into the dreamworld as a way to process her grief. There, she meets Flip (Jason Momoa), a Satyr-like creature who helps Nemo see her dad one more time.
***Spoilers Alert***
By abandoning the original surrealism of a dream for a structured narrative, Slumberland subjects itself to an inevitable comparison with
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Movie Information
A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
Rating:PG
Genre:Family, Fantasy, Comedy
Directed By:Francis Lawrence
Written By:Michael Handelman, David Guion
In Theaters:11/9/2022
Box Office:
Runtime:117 minutes
Studio:Chernin Entertainment, about:blank
Cast
Francis Lawrence
Director
Francis Lawrence
Director
Marlow Barkley
Nemo
Jason Momoa
Flip the Creature
Chris O'Dowd
Phillip
Kyle Chandler
Peter
Weruche Opia
Agent Green
India de Beaufort
Ms. Arya
Humberly González
Graciela
Cameron Nicoll
Young Philip
Antonio Raine Pastore
Young Peter
Chris D'Silva
Jamal
Yanna McIntosh
Carla
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