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This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labour of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist.

A lot can be said about the premise of a film like Dream Scenario just by looking at it from the surface. It’s a movie all about Nicolas Cage simply showing up in our dreams, without any explanation whatsoever, and the absurdity can only go so far enough from there. But it’s also only a fraction with regards to what it is that makes this film so fun all around. It also might be the craziest that some of us would ever want Nicolas Cage to be when he’s at his best, but the beauty of watching Nicolas Cage take on just about any role is knowing he’s having fun, and he wants the audience to have the same experience.

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