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I love this movie so much

Good concept, poorly executed.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

I was surprised to see this film remade(considering how much of a cult status the original had.) I had high hopes condiering A&E was involved, but my hopes were in vain.Despite having good actors, the rewritten script is horrid and misses a lot of the points of the original.James Cann is wasted in the role of the Dr. Did they tell him to play it stupid? Save yourself a lot of grief, and rewatch the 1980 version again.Although I think this film could be well done (as a remake) with a big budget, well acted, hollwood version. Using the original novel or the 1980 teleplay would make it worth seeing.

It is seldom that I see a movie I really hate. The first movie version of The Lathe of Heaven was awesome, made for a pittance, and captured the ethereal nature of LeGuin's most enigmatic novel. This movie was just terrible. It was slow, didn't include anything even remotely like the novel, and completely left out the cool aliens from Aldebaran! The jellyfish motif was the only thing analogous. Also, is it too much to ask that in a movie about dreams that change reality, we might see the dreams themselves? This was one of the most effective concepts in the original version.James Caan delivered the most wooden and disconnected performance of his career, and Lukas Haas was a big lump. I like Lisa Bonet, her talent was completely wasted.TO GO IS TO RETURN! But to watch this farce is excruciating and an utter waste of time. Rent 'The Bride of Chucky' instead.

I just finished watching this and was so disappointed I logged right in. I have never read the book upon which this is based, but being a science fiction fan, I have heard of it. Now, I'm not so sure I even want to read it.This movie was just terrible. It made no sense, the characters were empty shells, everything seemed completely contrived.

Contains Spoiler!! This is a good film despite what other people say. I Watched Lathe Of Heaven several times already. This is a fable about a young man named George Orr who has the ability to make dreams a reality. When he is caught using a pharmacard to get drugs to make him stop dreaming he is taked to court and ordered to see a shrink. Enter Dr. Walter Haber. He starts off trying to help George and ends up using him to improve the world in his image, of course. George slowly begins to realize that that the good doctor was just using him to unsure is career and improve the world but with disasterous results. Heatheris the girl that George falls in love with but every time George dreams he loses her over and over again. She in a way plays a part in the sceme of things.Manny is his friend/guide/Guardian angel who helps George even though George has not idea that he is helping him.The ending is cool because Dr. Habar ends up as a patient and George gets his life back and fixing what Dr. Habar has done. He gets the girl, heather after he meets her again at a restaraunt.James Caan is a brillant and a brillantant actor who plays Dr. Habar with charm and humor. Lisa Bonet is a great actress is very talented and playes Heather with great feeling and emotions. Lukas Haas is brillant as George who becomes a victim of Dr. Habar and returns as a hero.This is good film for all Ursula Le Guin fans and scifi fans alike. I enjoy this film because it has action, romance and suspense too.