Slumberland needs to dream bigger
Pinar Toprak’s score channels thematic wit and whimsy, feeling playful and poignant, soaring and sentimental, revealing and resourceful. Jo Willems’ enchanting cinematography pushes a saturated color scale and palette, bursting with life, capturing blossoming dream states like pop art.
The picture’s evocative motivational drive is further dulled by its almost two-hour running time. The waking world and the dream world blend uneasily in the film’s attempts to balance real emotional stakes with surreal physical ones. It’s ironic that the characters struggle with the complexities of life while the filmmakers themselves struggle with their material’s emotional power. That’s not saying heartrending and heartwarming aspects aren’t there.
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