Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Nonureva Really Surprised!

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

pearvert This movie omits the key to the entire story, the opening scene of the book. The world goes through a nuclear war and was totally destroyed. Then George fell asleep and dreamed it back into existence.By eliminating this opening scene, this version takes on some other meaning (which I am still trying to figure out.) Everything George did in the book was due to him being the only person in the world to know the Earth had been destroyed and everyone was supposed to be dead. That's an important part that is missing here. Total and absolute guilt.Go read the book for a good story. Do no waste your time on this pseudo version.

robreal This is a great movie!! Pay no attention to those expecting it to be true word for word to the original. Who cares about "compared to the book" or "compared to the original". Everyone needs to just judge the movie for what it is. This is a great movie. Obviously from the above paragraph I have never seen the original or read the book. Therefore my opinion is completely objective and unbiased, rather than being biased by something I watched 25 freaking years ago.To me this movie is similar to the Butterfly Effect. In the Butterfly Effect, his flashbacks change reality (or arguably jump him through alternate realities). In Lathe of Heaven, his dreams do that very same thing. Although it is not exactly the same, as he cannot willingly dream whatever he wants.Perhaps the best part of the movie is the end. It's pretty much open to interpretation. One could argue that the entire thing was a simple dream of Lukas Haas, OR a dream of James Caan. I can't figure out what I think of the end. Perhaps it was all dreamed, perhaps not. In the end . . . no one seems to remember anyone! Lisa Bonet and Lukas Haas don't remember each other, Manny doesn't say or do anything to indicate he remembers Lukas Haas, and of course James Kaan is completely brain-fried. In fact, the only person who seems to have a clue what's going on is James Kaan's secretary . . who is now some sort of doctor herself. So maybe, just maybe, she made the suggestions to James Kaan at the end when he was in the dream machine, which triggered the final outcome of the movie! She had him dream that he was brain-fried, she was a doctor, and Lukas Haas wouldn't remember any of it . . . that way she had the upper hand. Like I said, it's open to interpretation, there are a number of different conclusions that could be drawn."In the original . . . blah blah blah" and "In the book . . . blah blah blah". Who cares? The movie is what it is, enjoy it for what it IS, not compared to where it came from. It's a remake, it doesn't have to be true to the original.

edward dardis God, what a waste of time! I haven't read the book but knew of ULG's stature. Actually I picked this up at the local library. This being a co-production of Alliance-Atlantic and PBS, and AAC being a Canadian company is the only reason I can see why a library might have this.First off, the acting is terrible!! Both Lisa Bonet and Lukas Haas are totally lame. No wonder this thing falls flat on its face with those two as the leads. I wonder if he's related to Philip, the director? Could that have something to do with it??The only interesting bit of casting in this dog was David Straithairn as Manny, and Sheila McCarthy as Penny, Dr. Haber's secretary. (She's probably best known as Polly in I've Heard the Mermaids Singing.)The sets and costumes are not bad, but the only reason to watch this would be as a laugh-fest, i.e. "this thing is so bad it's hilarious!!"

bmcd I thought this was a well made re-make of the 1980 PBS special, which starred Bruce Davison, not Craig Wasson as another reviewer mistakenly noted. (You might remember Bruce Davison as Senator Kelly form X-Men) the real fun I noticed was the Six degrees of separation aspect that Kevin Conway who played Dr. Haber in the 1980 version starred in a movie in 1991 called Rambling Rose with Lukas Haas who would end up playing Orr in this re-make. But I digress, The most exciting thing about this film was it's ability to prove that Lisa Bonet actually CAN act. Seriously, this is a cerebral Sci-Fi movie and a very watchable one at that. I thought Haas was a mismatch for the part but he was able to pull it off.