In Dreams . Tucson Weekly . 02-01-99

In Dreams

DIRECTED BY: Neil Jordan

REVIEWED: 02-01-99

It may be kind of early in the year to commit, but my nomination for the best filmic wig of 1999 goes to the one atop Robert Downey Jr.'s scalp. Sure, some will say it's bad, even evil, but I cheer you on, brave little soldier. When Vivian (Downey) wears this ambitious rug, it makes him want to rid us of bad child actors and, more importantly, expose the false ideal of the bourgeois family. Vivian enters career mom Claire's (Annette Bening) head via her dreams and updates her on his latest murderous adventures. Feeling her class status threatened, Claire attempts to track him down so she can destroy his revolutionary thinking and quit wearing the Communist reds he clothes her in in her nightmares. It's nice to see an arty horror film, but it usually helps to have more sympathy for the protagonist than the antagonist's wig. This latest effort from Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) is at the very least beautiful to watch.

--Higgins

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