Dreamland (2019 American film)

Dreamland is a 2019 American period thriller film directed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte from a screenplay by Nicolaas Zwart.

[2][3] The film stars Finn Cole, Margot Robbie, Travis Fimmel, Garrett Hedlund, Kerry Condon, Darby Camp and Lola Kirke.

Eugene lives his days stealing dime novels with his buddy Joe, fantasizing of another life.

His mother remarried a lawman, George Evans, who does his best to act as a father figure to Eugene and his younger sister Phoebe.

She explains that when she was robbing a bank, the police took no issue firing into an innocent crowd and a stray bullet killed a young girl.

Returning to the barn Eugene finds an anxious Allison who claims she is feeling cooped up and needs to get out of the area.

Stealing his stepfather's keys, Eugene breaks into the evidence room and discovers photographs of the crime scene.

George discovers a torn cloth from Allison’s dress and takes it to the sheriff as proof of her being in the area.

George and a small posse are on their trail, with Eugene's sister Phoebe hidden in the back seat.

In May 2017, Margot Robbie joined the cast of the film, with Miles Joris-Peyrafitte directing from a screenplay by Nicolaas Zwart.

Robbie served as a producer on the film, alongside Tom Ackerley, Josey McNamara, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Rian Cahill, under their LuckyChap Entertainment and Automatik banners.

[5] In October 2017, Finn Cole, Travis Fimmel, Darby Camp and Kerry Condon joined the cast of the film.

The site's critical consensus reads, "Dreamland's frustratingly diffuse narrative approach is consistently offset by typically strong work from Margot Robbie in a central role.

"[13] On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 57 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".