In Dreams Neil Jordan remains one of today's most wildly inconsistent filmmakers. With In Dreams , Neil Jordan's made his most incoherent, ludicrous and moronic film yet. Jordan's approached Edward D. Wood , Jr. territory here.
Scenes appear out of nowhere, with no logical beginning.
What's even more surprising is that Bruce Robinson co-wrote this muddled film with Jordan. No headlines, no build-up. And we get shots of a dark figure with the voiceover of a girl singing some pedantic nursery rhyme in the background. But we don't know what the hell's going on because Jordan can't frame the action in a way that's coherent. What makes this even sadder is that Jordan shoots Bening's horrendous thespic talents in full close-up.