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Dream Lover

1993 · 103 min · Director: Nicholas Kazan ★ IMDb 6.2 · 7,908 ratings

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Ray is young, charming, successful and the owner of a prosperous architect company. However, he has recently gone through a very painful divorce. His friends try to cheer him up by showing him the positive sides of being single but for Ray marriage and stability is just too important. But when he meets Lena his gloom is quickly forgotten. She is beautiful, sensual, mysterious and he is drawn to her like a moth to a candle. They marry quickly, have their first child and Ray lives in a total bliss. But then strange incidents occur which shed some light on Lena's background. Ray slowly realizes that he hardly knows anything about her at all. Who has he really married?

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Dream Lover (1993) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 35%, Confusion 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Confusion, Tension. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Confusion and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 6.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 65/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Curiosity

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Tension
Disturbing
Curiosity
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then rises around 68 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 3′Sadness48 %17 %12 %10 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sadness41 %15 %8 %15 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity39 %16 %6 %28 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Curiosity41 %16 %8 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Love48 %16 %15 %29 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Love54 %21 %26 %30 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Love53 %30 %26 %40 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Curiosity54 %40 %25 %51 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Curiosity61 %46 %30 %64 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Curiosity61 %45 %34 %64 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Curiosity57 %48 %40 %53 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Tension60 %55 %46 %53 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Curiosity66 %61 %51 %61 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Tension78 %74 %66 %63 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Disturbing86 %83 %80 %59 %
77.5 %≈ 80′Disturbing86 %80 %83 %56 %
82.5 %≈ 85′Disturbing81 %74 %76 %57 %
87.5 %≈ 90′Curiosity79 %74 %70 %65 %
92.5 %≈ 95′Tension84 %78 %78 %61 %
97.5 %≈ 100′Disturbing87 %73 %85 %47 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

James Spader

Ray Reardon

MA
Mädchen Amick

Lena Mathers

BA
Bess Armstrong

Elaine

Larry Miller

Norman

KY
Kathleen York

Martha

KW
Kate Williamson

Mrs. Sneeder

TL
Tom Lillard

Hank Sneeder

CS
Carl Sundstrom

Officer

IK
Irwin Keyes

Officer

JS
Joseph Scoren

Martha's Lawyer (as Joseph Scorsiani)

AL
Archie Lang

Judge #1

Clyde Kusatsu

Judge Kurita

AF
Alexander Folk

Oscar

MC
Michael Chow

Mr. Mura

TF
Talya Ferro

Cora’s Sister

SK
Sandra Kinder

Beautician

PZ
Peter Zapp

Ticket Taker

Details

Directed by
Nicholas Kazan
Written by
Nicholas Kazan
Type
Movies
Released
1993
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.2 · 7,908 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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