Dreaming Grand Avenue is a 2020 American fantasy drama film directed by Hugh Schulze, starring Jackson Rathbone, Andrea Londo, Wendy Robie and Tony Fitzpatrick.

Dreaming Grand Avenue
Directed byHugh Schulze
Written byHugh Schulze
Produced byBrian Hieggelke
Jan Hieggelke
Starring
CinematographyChristopher Rejano
Edited byJoe Rabig
Music bySeth Boustead
Production
company
Chicago Film Project
Release date
  • 23 September 2020 (2020-09-23)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast

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Release

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The film premiered at the ChiTown Movies Drive-in on 23 September 2020.[1]

Reception

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Richard Roeper of Chicago Sun-Times rated the film 3.5 stars out of 4 called the film a "small but ambitious and metaphysical and deeply poetic gem with big ideas, stunningly original visuals of Chicago — and beautifully honed performances from a cast that includes talented young actors and some veteran performers who bring a grounded, real-world, seen-it-all wisdom to their respective and somewhat mystical roles."[1] Dann Gire of the Daily Herald rated the film 3 stars out of 4 and wrote that the film "skirts across genres with the reliable grace of an el train hitting every station stop on its way through Chicago."[2]

Peter Martin of ScreenAnarchy praised the performances of Rathbone and Londo, writing that they "avoid overdramatizing their roles" and portray their characters in an " empathetic light". He also praised the characters they portray as being "likeable".[3] Robert Daniels of RogerEbert.com rated the film 2 stars out of 4 and praised the performances of Rathbone and Londo, writing that they "avoid overdramatizing their roles" and wrote that the film "stumbles to an unearned finish" and contains several "unnecessary" ingredients to a "narrative concoction brimming to overflow."[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Roeper, Richard (22 September 2020). "'Dreaming Grand Avenue': There's poetry in the emotion of a transcendental Chicago story". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ Gire, Dann (24 September 2020). "'Dreaming Grand Avenue' takes odd, imaginative detours in Chicago-set drama". Daily Herald. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  3. ^ Martin, Peter (21 September 2020). "Review: DREAMING GRAND AVENUE, Comfortably Mixing Dreams and Reality". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  4. ^ Daniels, Robert (23 September 2020). "Dreaming Grand Avenue". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
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