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Anyone connected to this film has to be high on something!
So what was the story line?
What was with the girl?
Was the viewer supposed to get the story line in the first four minutes of the film.
Sadly, I tried several times to watch this.
I even borrowed a kid from someone to get some feedback.
Kid said it was stupid, and he was four years old.
I find that possibly some credit could go to the filming director, as possibly some of the shots made the movie more than a B film.
That might be pushing it.
I did love the theme song.
Good thing it was only a dollar, it was worth it.
I suppose you might enjoy the film if you were high as the cast and crew would have to be.
Is pot legal in France?
As an Altman fan, I'd sought out this movie for years, thinking that with such a great cast, it would have to be at least marginally brilliant.
Big mistake.
This is one of Altman's big-cast mishmashes, thrown together haphazardly and improvisationally (or so it feels) with the hope that it would all come together in the editing room.
It doesn't.
As Maltin points out, this turkey is notable only for the debut performance of Alfre Woodard, who outshines the vets all around her.
But other than that, avoid at all costs.
(Which is pretty easy to do -- it's never been released on video -- to my knowledge -- and its cable appearances have the frequency of Halley's Comet.)
What an insult to Olivia D'Abo who plays the film's heroine, Robin, to have Keanu Reeves appear so large on the box art of the film (and at least on recent reissues, to have only Reeves appear on the box), considering that she was the star.
I realize that it is his name that will ultimately sell this long-forgotten After School Special, but at least give the woman some credit.
Despite that, this has to be one of the worst teen sports-themed films that I have ever seen, and it strives very hard to add not only every teen and sports movie cliché from the class warfare between the feuding gymnasts to the teen romance.
And, in striving to somehow deliver itself as an amateur alternative of Flashdance (with the music in one of the warehouse dance scenes is even quite close to Michael Sembello's notable 'Maniac' which was made famous by Flashdance, or was it the other way around?).
It includes similar dance sequences and worse yet, even the 80s dance and sports traditions of corny dance-offs between the heroine and her antagonist(s), the one who doubts her successes and abilities on the team.
We saw this in Trashin' (a vert ramp joust) and Rad (BMX dancing at the prom, although it wasn't much for competition, but rather for fun) for example.
In fact, this movie is chock full of unrealistic corniness, such as the somewhat homo-erotic rolling in the clothes at the Salvation Army with Robin and her friend from the team.
Nonetheless, the film is about a young girl who comes from a rather poor background.
To top it off in a massive need to squeeze from audiences as much sympathy as possible, she lives with her ailing mother, her obnoxious sister, and her careless (and slightly abusive) stepfather.
Needless to say, homelife is not so appealing.
Add to the mix, a talent for gymnastics, but several obstacles to joining the team (including the nuisance of her arrogant, snobby teammates, and a coach who also eventually doubts her abilities to compete well).
And, of course, we can't forget that she's got eyes for one of the pretty boy preppies who is dating one of the obnoxious teammates, nor that she doesn't have a steady boyfriend (although Keanu as Tommy later enters the picture).
Could this kid be any more pathetic?
And it seems that one mess after another comes along to embarrass herself in her painfully long, redundant, and clichéd quest to prove her worth to everyone.
But, even the major moments of cheesiness which comprise most of the film, are hardly worth mentioning considering that the biggest distraction to this film is the horrible acting and dialog.
(I like how the gym coach suddenly appears at the diner in the middle of the dance-off to scold the teammates).
It makes episodes of 'Amazing Stories' look like Shakespeare.
I imagine anyone able to locate this film and watch it these days is probably drawn to it mostly because of the nostalgic factor.
For that you might be satisfied, but it is also an incredibly forced drama.
So, Caveat Emptour.
It's not really about gymnastics;
swap out the occasional training montages and it could just as easily be about archery, or microbiology, or a booger-flicking tournament.
Instead, like every other Rocky/Flashdance derivative that flooded the 80s market, it's about conquering adversity with stick-to-it-iveness, rendering all social/personal realities irrelevant by your lonesome - with love interest standing by of course.
Ronald Reagan top to bottom, in short;
so as a piece of cinema it's down to the details.
Some of the actors are quirky enough to liven things up - especially the love interest, brought to you by none other than Mr. Keanu Reeves, warming up for Ted;
heroine Olivia D'Abo's hateful alkie dad and big-hair stepsister are more interesting than the sickly mom or her utterly inert bitch-nemeses/teammates, one of whom appears to be made of porcelain.
It's my instinct to be appalled by the comic-relief black guys, but on the other hand at least they're in the movie.
But D'Abo doesn't quite convince with her awkward-girl shtick, and in the absence of any other narrative focus the lack of interest in the gymnastics themselves really does matter;
it's all just bodies hurtling around, and not only is the outcome of the big tournament a foregone conclusion, it's all performed by an obvious double.
I only today, picked this up at the 99 cents only store today, and I still think I got ripped off.
"Dream to Believe" is a pretty boring and unrealistic gymnastics drama and $1 is just too freakin' expensive for this.
This film is probably only notable for 2 things: 1.
It has a young Keanu Reeves.
And 2.
It's directed by Paul Lynch, the man who also did Promo Night.
Now onto the movie.
It's about a girl named Robin (Played by Olivia D'Abo) who is badly injured from a car accident that also cost her father's life.
So the accident prevents her from competing in gymnastic tournaments, she is often picked on during her classes and eventually she meets some wild kid named Tommy (Played by Keanu.) Robin, when not in training, works part-time, along with her mother and stepsister, at a Laundromat owned by her abusive stepfather.
Eventually she is chosen to compete.
Overall, Keanu alone and some catchy 80s tunes are what prevent me from giving this 1 star, and it's also not one of the worst movies ever, but still far from good.
The DVD itself is not getting any medals either as it appears to be sourced from an old VHS and towards the end, the sound goes out of sync and when the end credits are almost over, it fades to black, even though sound can still be heard.
So this can probably be passed as a bootleg.
The DVD artwork makes no sense either as it has what appears to be recent photos of Keanu and Olivia and the background has nothing to do with the movie, as it's also not in the movie itself, so the cover's obviously photoshopped.
In any case, avoid at all costs, unless you're a Keanu fanatic.
I probably won't be hanging to it any longer.
I'm probably gonna give it to The Cinema Snob, who's a great YT critic btw.
Hey, if any of you have any crappy movies that they no longer want in their sight, feel free to donate to him to keep his show running.
to movie,this movie felt like one of those after school specials,only lower budget and lower everything else.
i guess this was supposed to an inspirational movie of some sort,but it didn't work for me.
yet some how it comes across as preachy.
it has very pale shades of Flash Dance,but so what?
there just isn't any excitement in this movie.
the dialogue is contrived and clichéd to death.
of course,the whole movie feels like a bad 80's cliché.
the acting was less than stellar,though that has a lot to do with what the actors were given(or in this case-not)to work with.
on top of that is the poor song choices,with really bad lyrics.
i felt embarrassed for all the actors involved.
they are all talented,but you can't tell from this movie.
this is just my opinion of course,but i have to give Flying AKA Dream to Believe a 1/10
What was an exciting and fairly original series by Fox has degraded down to meandering tripe.
During the first season, Dark Angel was on my weekly "must see" list, and not just because of Jessica Alba.
Unfortunately, the powers-that-be over at Fox decided that they needed to "fine-tune" the plotline.
Within 3 episodes of the season opener, they had totally lost me as a viewer (not even to see Jessica Alba!).
I found the new characters that were added in the second season to be too ridiculous and amateurish.
The new plotlines were stretching the continuity and credibility of the show too thin.
On one of the second season episodes, they even had Max sleeping and dreaming - where the first season stated she biologically couldn't sleep.
The moral of the story (the one that Hollywood never gets): If it works, don't screw with it!
azjazz
Awful, simply awful.
It proves my theory about "star power."
This is supposed to be great TV because the guy who directed (battlestar) Titanica is the same guy who directed this shlop schtock schtick about a chick.
B O R I N G. Find something a thousand times more interesting to do - like watch your TV with no picture and no sound.
1/10 (I rated it so high b/c there aren't any negative scores in the IMDb.com rating system.) -Zaphoid PS: My theory about "star power" is: the more "star power" used in a show, the weaker the show is.
(It's called an indirect proportionality: quality 1/"star power", less "sp" makes for better quality, etc.
Another way to look at it is: "more is less".) -Z
God, I was bored out of my head as I watched this pilot.
I had been expecting a lot from it, as I'm a huge fan of James Cameron (and not just since "Titanic", I might add), and his name in the credits I thought would be a guarantee of quality (Then again, he also wrote the leaden Strange Days..
But the thing failed miserably at grabbing my attention at any point of its almost two hours of duration.
In all that time, it barely went beyond its two line synopsis, and I would be very hard pressed to try to figure out any kind of coherent plot out of all the mess of strands that went nowhere.

Anyone connected to this film has to be high on something!

So what was the story line?

What was with the girl?

Was the viewer supposed to get the story line in the first four minutes of the film.

Sadly, I tried several times to watch this.

I even borrowed a kid from someone to get some feedback.

Kid said it was stupid, and he was four years old.

I find that possibly some credit could go to the filming director, as possibly some of the shots made the movie more than a B film.

That might be pushing it.

I did love the theme song.

Good thing it was only a dollar, it was worth it.

I suppose you might enjoy the film if you were high as the cast and crew would have to be.

Is pot legal in France?

As an Altman fan, I'd sought out this movie for years, thinking that with such a great cast, it would have to be at least marginally brilliant.

Big mistake.

This is one of Altman's big-cast mishmashes, thrown together haphazardly and improvisationally (or so it feels) with the hope that it would all come together in the editing room.

It doesn't.

As Maltin points out, this turkey is notable only for the debut performance of Alfre Woodard, who outshines the vets all around her.

But other than that, avoid at all costs.

(Which is pretty easy to do -- it's never been released on video -- to my knowledge -- and its cable appearances have the frequency of Halley's Comet.)

What an insult to Olivia D'Abo who plays the film's heroine, Robin, to have Keanu Reeves appear so large on the box art of the film (and at least on recent reissues, to have only Reeves appear on the box), considering that she was the star.

I realize that it is his name that will ultimately sell this long-forgotten After School Special, but at least give the woman some credit.

Despite that, this has to be one of the worst teen sports-themed films that I have ever seen, and it strives very hard to add not only every teen and sports movie cliché from the class warfare between the feuding gymnasts to the teen romance.

And, in striving to somehow deliver itself as an amateur alternative of Flashdance (with the music in one of the warehouse dance scenes is even quite close to Michael Sembello's notable 'Maniac' which was made famous by Flashdance, or was it the other way around?).

It includes similar dance sequences and worse yet, even the 80s dance and sports traditions of corny dance-offs between the heroine and her antagonist(s), the one who doubts her successes and abilities on the team.

We saw this in Trashin' (a vert ramp joust) and Rad (BMX dancing at the prom, although it wasn't much for competition, but rather for fun) for example.

In fact, this movie is chock full of unrealistic corniness, such as the somewhat homo-erotic rolling in the clothes at the Salvation Army with Robin and her friend from the team.

Nonetheless, the film is about a young girl who comes from a rather poor background.

To top it off in a massive need to squeeze from audiences as much sympathy as possible, she lives with her ailing mother, her obnoxious sister, and her careless (and slightly abusive) stepfather.

Needless to say, homelife is not so appealing.

Add to the mix, a talent for gymnastics, but several obstacles to joining the team (including the nuisance of her arrogant, snobby teammates, and a coach who also eventually doubts her abilities to compete well).

And, of course, we can't forget that she's got eyes for one of the pretty boy preppies who is dating one of the obnoxious teammates, nor that she doesn't have a steady boyfriend (although Keanu as Tommy later enters the picture).

Could this kid be any more pathetic?

And it seems that one mess after another comes along to embarrass herself in her painfully long, redundant, and clichéd quest to prove her worth to everyone.

But, even the major moments of cheesiness which comprise most of the film, are hardly worth mentioning considering that the biggest distraction to this film is the horrible acting and dialog.

(I like how the gym coach suddenly appears at the diner in the middle of the dance-off to scold the teammates).

It makes episodes of 'Amazing Stories' look like Shakespeare.

I imagine anyone able to locate this film and watch it these days is probably drawn to it mostly because of the nostalgic factor.

For that you might be satisfied, but it is also an incredibly forced drama.

So, Caveat Emptour.

It's not really about gymnastics;

swap out the occasional training montages and it could just as easily be about archery, or microbiology, or a booger-flicking tournament.

Instead, like every other Rocky/Flashdance derivative that flooded the 80s market, it's about conquering adversity with stick-to-it-iveness, rendering all social/personal realities irrelevant by your lonesome - with love interest standing by of course.

Ronald Reagan top to bottom, in short;

so as a piece of cinema it's down to the details.

Some of the actors are quirky enough to liven things up - especially the love interest, brought to you by none other than Mr. Keanu Reeves, warming up for Ted;

heroine Olivia D'Abo's hateful alkie dad and big-hair stepsister are more interesting than the sickly mom or her utterly inert bitch-nemeses/teammates, one of whom appears to be made of porcelain.

It's my instinct to be appalled by the comic-relief black guys, but on the other hand at least they're in the movie.

But D'Abo doesn't quite convince with her awkward-girl shtick, and in the absence of any other narrative focus the lack of interest in the gymnastics themselves really does matter;

it's all just bodies hurtling around, and not only is the outcome of the big tournament a foregone conclusion, it's all performed by an obvious double.

I only today, picked this up at the 99 cents only store today, and I still think I got ripped off.

"Dream to Believe" is a pretty boring and unrealistic gymnastics drama and $1 is just too freakin' expensive for this.

This film is probably only notable for 2 things: 1.

It has a young Keanu Reeves.

And 2.

It's directed by Paul Lynch, the man who also did Promo Night.

Now onto the movie.

It's about a girl named Robin (Played by Olivia D'Abo) who is badly injured from a car accident that also cost her father's life.

So the accident prevents her from competing in gymnastic tournaments, she is often picked on during her classes and eventually she meets some wild kid named Tommy (Played by Keanu.) Robin, when not in training, works part-time, along with her mother and stepsister, at a Laundromat owned by her abusive stepfather.

Eventually she is chosen to compete.

Overall, Keanu alone and some catchy 80s tunes are what prevent me from giving this 1 star, and it's also not one of the worst movies ever, but still far from good.

The DVD itself is not getting any medals either as it appears to be sourced from an old VHS and towards the end, the sound goes out of sync and when the end credits are almost over, it fades to black, even though sound can still be heard.

So this can probably be passed as a bootleg.

The DVD artwork makes no sense either as it has what appears to be recent photos of Keanu and Olivia and the background has nothing to do with the movie, as it's also not in the movie itself, so the cover's obviously photoshopped.

In any case, avoid at all costs, unless you're a Keanu fanatic.

I probably won't be hanging to it any longer.

I'm probably gonna give it to The Cinema Snob, who's a great YT critic btw.

Hey, if any of you have any crappy movies that they no longer want in their sight, feel free to donate to him to keep his show running.

to movie,this movie felt like one of those after school specials,only lower budget and lower everything else.

i guess this was supposed to an inspirational movie of some sort,but it didn't work for me.

yet some how it comes across as preachy.

it has very pale shades of Flash Dance,but so what?

there just isn't any excitement in this movie.

the dialogue is contrived and clichéd to death.

of course,the whole movie feels like a bad 80's cliché.

the acting was less than stellar,though that has a lot to do with what the actors were given(or in this case-not)to work with.

on top of that is the poor song choices,with really bad lyrics.

i felt embarrassed for all the actors involved.

they are all talented,but you can't tell from this movie.

this is just my opinion of course,but i have to give Flying AKA Dream to Believe a 1/10

What was an exciting and fairly original series by Fox has degraded down to meandering tripe.

During the first season, Dark Angel was on my weekly "must see" list, and not just because of Jessica Alba.

Unfortunately, the powers-that-be over at Fox decided that they needed to "fine-tune" the plotline.

Within 3 episodes of the season opener, they had totally lost me as a viewer (not even to see Jessica Alba!).

I found the new characters that were added in the second season to be too ridiculous and amateurish.

The new plotlines were stretching the continuity and credibility of the show too thin.

On one of the second season episodes, they even had Max sleeping and dreaming - where the first season stated she biologically couldn't sleep.

The moral of the story (the one that Hollywood never gets): If it works, don't screw with it!

azjazz

Awful, simply awful.

It proves my theory about "star power."

This is supposed to be great TV because the guy who directed (battlestar) Titanica is the same guy who directed this shlop schtock schtick about a chick.

B O R I N G. Find something a thousand times more interesting to do - like watch your TV with no picture and no sound.

1/10 (I rated it so high b/c there aren't any negative scores in the IMDb.com rating system.) -Zaphoid PS: My theory about "star power" is: the more "star power" used in a show, the weaker the show is.

(It's called an indirect proportionality: quality 1/"star power", less "sp" makes for better quality, etc.

Another way to look at it is: "more is less".) -Z

God, I was bored out of my head as I watched this pilot.

I had been expecting a lot from it, as I'm a huge fan of James Cameron (and not just since "Titanic", I might add), and his name in the credits I thought would be a guarantee of quality (Then again, he also wrote the leaden Strange Days..

But the thing failed miserably at grabbing my attention at any point of its almost two hours of duration.

In all that time, it barely went beyond its two line synopsis, and I would be very hard pressed to try to figure out any kind of coherent plot out of all the mess of strands that went nowhere.