The realm of dreams is described as “a world with no consequence,” but as constructed, that comes in a movie with no clear creative compass, proving more mystifying than magical.

| Nov 18, 2022

The biggest problem with Slumberland is its utter innocuousness.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 18, 2022

Ms. Barkley comes across as a kid rather than a studio creation. Mr. Momoa gives the kind of unhinged performance of which few would have thought him capable. His prancing about at moments of joy are, in fact, joyous.

| Nov 18, 2022

There are few movie experiences more taxing than the picture that signals its eagerness to ingratiate, then spends minute after tedious minute tugging on the viewer’s sleeve to no effect.

| Nov 17, 2022

Slumberland is not a terrible movie and it may very well spark your imagination or tug at your heartstrings. But it also could have been so much more had it not gotten so bogged down in its own superfluous flash, which, by the end, just feels exhausting.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 17, 2022

Playing like an amalgam of Monsters, Inc. and Inception, this family-friendly fantasy thankfully doesn’t put audiences to sleep, but neither does it draw us into its dreamy sensation.

| Original Score: C | Nov 16, 2022

Slumberland lacks the sense of danger that Winsor McCay liberally infused into his stories.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 15, 2022

The narrative parameters are lazy, the plotting pointless and the dramatic jeopardy non-existent — when everything is a dream, nothing matters.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 11, 2022

Slumberland is nothing if not an exhausting roller-coaster of missed opportunities, virtually all of which stem from the film’s lack of a solid emotional foundation.

| Original Score: C | Nov 11, 2022

An imaginative and mostly agreeable adaptation of an early 20th-century comic strip centered around the character of Little Nemo.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 11, 2022

This movie manages to dazzle at times, but more often than not hurts the eyes, as Lawrence favors wide angles, frantic action and an all-around unappealing visual aesthetic.

| Nov 11, 2022

A genial adaptation that shouldn't be confused with the source material.

| Nov 11, 2022