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Slumberland (2022)

Slumberland poster
Directed by
Francis Lawrence
Genre
comedy film, adventure film, speculative fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 57m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 951 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young girl named Nemo loses her father. She travels to a dream world called Slumberland and befriends a man who helps her search for a magical pearl that she hopes will bring her father back.

dreamlikewhimsicaladventuroussentimentalfantasticalbittersweetfast-pacedfamily-friendly

What happens

Slumberland is a 2022 American fantasy adventure film directed by Francis Lawrence and written by David Guion and Michael Handelman. Based on the comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay, the film stars Jason Momoa, Chris O'Dowd, Kyle Chandler, Weruche Opia, and introducing Marlow Barkley in her film debut as Nemo. The film tells the story of a young girl whose father is lost at sea. She enters Slumberland where she befriends a renegade character who is involved in a plot to obtain a special pearl that may have the power to reunite her with her father. Slumberland was released on November 18, 2022, by Netflix. It received generally mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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