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97% Critic Match
Daydream Believer
“He’s not the boy next door!”
9.7 / 10• 1998• 17m•PG-13• English
FantasyDramaComedyRomance
Storyline
Suburbia 1967. Eleven-year-old Susan Bradley has only one thing on her mind, and it's not schoolwork. It's Mike Nesmith of The Monkees, the popular pop group made famous in the television sitcom of the same name. Susan, with "boyfriend" Nesmith, lives in a daydream, a sixties riot of psychedelic colors and goofy, soft-focus, teenage-girl love scenes. Her well-meaning parents try to snap her back to reality, but it takes an informative copy of Teen Life to finally open Susan's eyes.
Cast & Crew
MS
Molly Shannon
Susan Bradley
LeadEK
Erik Kever Ryle
Fake Mike Nesmith
DW
Dawn Walters
Teen Susan
JC
Jennifer C. Johnson
Mrs. Bradley
TJ
Tom Jermaine
Mr. Bradley
KR
Katja Rivera-Hodel
Miss Greensbaugh
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kelly Peeples's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Daydream Believer is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
