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  • Daydream Nation
  • Opened May 6, 2011 | Runtime:1 hr 38 min
  • R
    Drug and alcohol use, sexual content, language and some violent images - all involving teens.
  • Seventeen-year-old Caroline Wexler (Dennings) is facing a teenager’s nightmare: her widowed father has moved them from the big city to a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. When Caroline realizes she has nothing in common with the burnout losers in Read More
  • Cast: Kat Dennings, Reece Daniel Thompson, Andie MacDowell, Josh Lucas, Rachel Blanchard
  • Director: Michael Goldbach
  • Genres: Drama, Romance

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  • Reece Thompson as Thurston and Kat Dennings as Caroline Wexler in "Daydream Nation."
  • Kat Dennings as Caroline Wexler and Josh Lucas as Barry Anderson in "Daydream Nation."
  • Josh Lucas as Barry Anderson in "Daydream Nation."
  • Kat Dennings as Caroline Wexler in "Daydream Nation."
  • Reece Thompson as Thurston in "Daydream Nation."
  • Andie MacDowell as Enid Goldberg in "Daydream Nation."
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Daydream Nation Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score 57 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    Daydream Nation hopscotches forward and backward and in and out of the surreal;...

  • 75
    New York Post | Lou Lumenick

    Toggling between the tonalities of "Donnie Darko," "Ghost World" and the...

  • 70
    Variety | Joe Leydon

    Charged with alternating currents of teen angst, sardonic wit, nervous dread...

  • 60
    New York Daily News | Joe Neumaier

    Writer-director Michael Goldbach fills the story with too many distractions,...

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