Dreamin' Wild

Drama

Available on VOD: 4 juli 2024

Director: Bill Pohlad

Cast: Casey Affleck (Oppenheimer, Manchester by the Sea), Beau Bridges (Max Payne, Fabulous Baker Boys), Zoey Deschanel (New Girl, 500 Days of Summer), Chris Messina (Argo, Birds of Prey), Walton Goggins (Fallout, Cowboys & Aliens)

What if a childhood dream suddenly came true - but thirty years later? That’s what happened to singer/songwriter Donnie Emerson. His dream of success suddenly – and unexpectedly – came true but only as he approached 50 years old. And while it brought hopes of second chances, it also brought ghosts of the past and long-buried emotions as Donnie, his brother Joe and their entire family came to terms with their newly found fame.

• 90% Fresh op Rotten Tomatoes!
• Time.com: What Pohlad and his actors—all of them wonderful, among the best ensemble of performers we’re likely to see all year—pull off is a rich and often deeply moving meditation on what music can mean in a life.
• Chicago.suntimes.com: This is a true story, and it’s now getting the feature film treatment in Bill Pohlad’s warm and elegiac and lovely Dreamin’ Wild, with Casey Affleck doing his disheveled-restless-socially awkward thing in a searingly strong performance as the brilliantly talented Donnie.
• Rogerebert.com: A rich and evocative portrait of the weight of broken dreams and the strength one can find in a family as unwaveringly supportive as the Emersons.
• Wall Street Journal: Affleck easily holds the film together with another captivating performance.