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Come True

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Canada · 2020
1h 45m
Director Anthony Scott Burns
Starring Julia Sarah Stone, Landon Liboiron, Carlee Ryski, Christopher Heatherington
Genre Horror, Science Fiction

Plagued by disturbing dreams and unable to go home, rebellious teenager Sarah is relieved to find shelter at a university sleep study. Hoping this will finally help her to get rid of her nightmares, she unwittingly becomes the channel to a horrifying new discovery.

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75

Slant Magazine by

The film offers a glimpse of a world where screens are pores in the boundary between dreams and waking life.

86

Paste Magazine by Andrew Crump

Burns conjures horror so vivid and tactile that at any time it feels like it might leap off of the screen and into our own imaginations or, worse, our own lives.

70

The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg

Like “Our House” (2018), Burns’s underseen feature debut, Come True is superior throwback horror marred mainly by familiarity and, in this case, an ending that feels like a tease.

75

San Francisco Chronicle by Bob Strauss

Come True should be an exhilarating discovery for anyone it doesn’t put to sleep. But even if you do find yourself nodding off a little during this deliberately paced, low-humming, sci-fi horror movie, that means it’s working, too.

30

Austin Chronicle by Jenny Nulf

Come True aims to explore the layers of the dreamworld, and the terrifying monsters that lurk in the depths of our minds. Yet the unconscious world writer/director Anthony Scott Burns dissects appears to evade him as well, with layers that lead to empty answers and a leading woman who is paper thin.

75

Original-Cin by Jim Slotek

Sorting out what’s true and what’s not becomes so convoluted that the abrupt ending seems a case of either running out of money or ideas. Still, Come True is a movie that you’ll likely remember for the images it burns in the brain, more than for its story.

63

The Associated Press by Lindsey Bahr

It’s a smart film, certainly, but maybe not as smart as it wants to be. And there are a couple of clunkers that bring the mostly meditative experience to a halt.

80

Los Angeles Times by Michael Ordona

In any genre, a distinct filmmaking voice and clever avoidance of cliches earns a closer look; perhaps even more so in the realm of sci-fi/horror. And no spoilers, but where Come True lands is extremely satisfying.

80

The Guardian by Phil Hoad

As for interpreting what it all means, leave that to Burns’s therapist. The flamboyance on display here, though, promises great things.

75

Chicago Sun-Times by Richard Roeper

Such a brilliant, spine-tingling buildup — and such a thudding disappointment of an ending. Watching the creatively creepy and starkly haunting Come True is like going to see a great new band in concert and seeing them kill it for the first 90 minutes, only to end the night dressed in wacky costumes and playing bagpipes.

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