In Your Dreams
The adventure of a nighttime.
2025 • 87 min • Adventure · Animation · Comedy · Family · Fantasy
Synopsis
Stevie and her little brother Elliot journey into the wildly absurd landscape of their own dreams to ask the Sandman to grant them the perfect family.
Our family guide
Best from age 6- 100 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
- 70 Audience · 244 · 49%
Stevie and Elliot, a brother and sister, embark on a magical adventure through their own dream worlds to find the elusive Sandman. They hope he can fulfill their wish for a perfect family in this whimsical animated comedy.
- Violence & peril
- 2/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 0/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 3/10
Heads up
- Some dream sequences might be confusing or mildly unsettling.
- Fantasy creatures could be a bit loud for very young viewers.
What it models well
- Family bonding
- Creativity and imagination
- Accepting imperfections
Talk about it after
- What makes a family "perfect"?
- How do you cope when things don't go as planned?
- The difference between dreams and reality
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Where to watch
Netflix
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Top billed cast
Director: Alexander Woo • Crew: Alexander Woo, Erik Benson, Alexander Woo, Stanley Moore, Rita Hsiao
Jolie Hoang-Rappaport
Stevie (voice)
Elias Janssen
Elliot (voice)
Simu Liu
Dad (voice)
Craig Robinson
Baloney Tony (voice)
Cristin Milioti
Mom / Additional Voices (voice)
Gia Carides
Nightmara (voice)
Omid Djalili
Sandman (voice)
SungWon Cho
Chad / Additional Voices (voice)
Zachary Noah Piser
Joon Bae / Polly (voice)
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Hailey Magpali
Four-Year-Old Stevie (voice)
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Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersNetflix has made some really fun movies, and In Your Dreams is definitely one of them. It has a surprisingly complex story, as well as some colorful visuals, a charming cast, and a fast pace that perfectly benefits the movie and its concept. My only criticisms with it are the ending, which felt like a copout, and the fact that this movie was NOT a musical (that's more of a nitpick rather than a direct criticism).…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.0/10 (244)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- IMDb
- tt27604215
- Official site
- www.netflix.com
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