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I'll See You in My Dreams

I'll See You in My Dreams

Drama · Comedy · 2015

A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected relationships that challenge her assumptions about what it means to grow old.

Movie details

I'll See You in My Dreams

“Life goes on. Go with it.”

2015 Drama · Comedy 1h 32m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.7 / 10

9.8K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

67 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

75 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected relationships that challenge her assumptions about what it means to grow old.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over I'll See You in My Dreams?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Brett Haley

Written by

Brett Haley · Marc Basch

Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner

Carol Petersen

Martin Starr

Martin Starr

Lloyd

June Squibb

June Squibb

Georgina

Rhea Perlman

Rhea Perlman

Sally

Mary Kay Place

Mary Kay Place

Rona

Sam Elliott

Sam Elliott

Bill

Malin Akerman

Malin Akerman

Katherine Petersen

Court is in session

Put I'll See You in My Dreams on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.