Product Description Opal Dream is the heartwarming family film that Jack Mathews of the New York Daily News declares "will lift you up!" After Kellyanne Williamson's two imaginary friends go "missing," she is suddenly struck by a mysterious illness. Her big brother has never seen these magical playmates, but he knows something must be done to reach his sister. Despite all his doubts, he rallies friends and family for an inspirational journey to find the missing friends. Together, they discover what Kellyanne has always known…that you don't always need to see to believe.]]> .com A family film with plenty of heart, Opal Dream draws home the point that sometimes you don't have to see things to believe in them. Set in the Australian outback, the film focuses on Kellyanne (Sapphire Boyce), a sensitive young girl whose only pals are a pair of imaginary friends named Dingan and Pobby. She is so attached to them that her mother sets two extra plates at the dinner table. And when she's at school, she seems oblivious to her schoolmates who mock her as she skips to class "holding" Dingan and Pobby's hands. In an effort to encourage her to make real live friends, her mother takes Kellyanne to a neighbor's pool party while her father agrees to take Dingan and Pobby to the opal mine he has been unsuccessfully prospecting. It is from this point on that the family's fortune turns. To appease his daughter--who insists her father lost her friends--Rex (Vince Colosimo) returns to the mine, only to be accused by another prospector of trying to poach from the latter's reserve. Unable to reconcile herself with the loss of her only friends, Kellyanne's health deteriorates. It is left to her brother Ash (Christian Byers) to make things right by believing in his sister. At times, the viewer is left wondering whether the family--and the town--has been doing Kellyanne a disservice by encouraging her to believe that her imaginary friends are real. Fragile and gentle, she may have benefited from talking to a therapist years ago. Directed by Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty), Opal Dream is uneven and doesn't always flow smoothly. But the child actors are charming and the message is sweet. As Ash says, "No matter what anyone said, they really did live." --Jae-Ha Kim
B**D
"When You Dream You Are Supposed To Be Asleep" What Is Real And What Is Imaginary?
Synopis: Little nine year old Kellyanne (Sapphire Boyce) lives with her parents and older brother in rural Australia. Her Father (Vince Colosimo) is a dreamer who hopes to secure his families future by discovering a cache of opals under the harsh desert climate. As he labors away without reward Kellyanne's Mother (Jacqueline McKenzie) brings in the families only income working as a clerk in a local grocery store. Her big brother Ashmol (Christian Byers) is a well adjusted outgoing child. Kellyanne is quite different. She is a sweet but extremely introverted child who sends all her time communicating with two imaginary friends named Pobby and Dingan.This seemingly harmless fantasy is tolerated by the family to such an extent that they even set two additional plates at the table for the invisible playmates. However when Pobby and Dingan go missing the little girl becomes mysterious ill and nobody knows what to do to restore her to health. That is nobody except her brother Ashmol who decides to organize a search for the lost duo. His biggest problem now is to figure out how do you find something that's invisible?`Opal Dream' ('06) is a endearing story in the tradition of `E.T.' and `Indian in the Cupboard' that can be equally enjoyed by young and old alike. The plot might be a little slow and challenging for some younger children but the implications of this mythic tale from Down-Under are exquisitely subtle and absolutely fascinating. Surely this bittersweet tale of transition from childhood to adolescence will generate much thought in viewers of all ages. What is real and what is imaginary? Do any of us really know for sure?
J**3
Not what I was expecting
This movie was not what I was expecting it to be. I was expecting a much lighter movie with a lot of sequences where you see the little girl's make believe world. The closest you get to seeing her imaginary friends is a picture she draws of them.That being said, it was still a pretty good movie. I would say the movie focuses more on her older brother than anything else and the processes of him (and eventually, the town) to see this girl's imaginary world. By the end I was wishing I had a brother like hers.This is a pretty safe movie for family viewing (although some spots I would consider too dark for small children to watch).
N**D
My favorite movie!
Brings out the magic in all of us! 🙂
C**E
... seen this DVD yet but I know what a beautiful story it is as watched it years ago with ...
Haven't heard if my granddaughters have seen this DVD yet but I know what a beautiful story it is as watched it years ago with my eldest granddaughter.
A**A
Great purchase
I'm not a fan of the movie myself, but my daughter had a special connection to it for some reason. Don't really care about the movie so much as the seller provided what I ordered at a great price with fast shipping. So I am giving So I was very happy with my purchase and rate it 5 stars. THANK YOU!
O**K
An Exceptional Film!
The LA Times Reviews of this movie described it as "an exceptional family film!" It's more than that ... its an exceptional film, period.The authors of this movie took something from nothing, an idea about imaginary friends, and wove it into a rich tale that tugs on your emotions and evokes a parabole about coming of age and of moving on from mental illness.
B**E
Four Stars
Nice family movie.
J**S
Four Stars
Very good movie
P**S
a dream of a film
A hauntingly beautiful Australian film about the power of belief, and of the love between siblings. Rex Williamson (Vince Colosimo) is an opal miner prospecting in the outback town of Cooper Pedy. When his daughter Kellyanne's (Sapphire Boyce) imaginary friends go missing after a visit to the family's mine claim, he searches for them, and gets accused of attempted theft from a neighbouring claim in the process. Faced with his father being charged with attempting to steal from someone else's claim, and the family being shunned by the community as a result, as well as his young sister becoming ill through grief for her imaginary friends, Rex's son Ashmol (Christian Byers) sets out to put things right. This review really doesn't do justice to this heart warming and unusual tale. This is an Australian co-production with the BBC, so watch out for some familiar faces in atypical roles.
M**S
Warum immer wieder Titeländerungf? Geldmacherei. Frechheit
Immer wieder passiert es dass ein Film erneut auf den Markt geworfen wird. Dass dieser dann ein neues Cover bekommt, ist ok. Aber dass man auch noch den Titel ändert, damit man meint, es wäre ein neuer Film, ist eine bodenlose Frechheit.Man will damit ja nur eins erreichen, nämlich dass der Film von Kunden erneut gekauft wird, obwohl man ihn schon vor einiger Zeit erworben hat.Der Film hieß früher Pobby und Dingan.Bei 500 Filmen, die in meinem Schrank stehen kann ich am Inhalt alleine nicht erkennen ob ich den Film schon habe. Aber an den Titel erinnere ich mich meistens. Außerdem habe ich sogar in meiner Filmdatenbank nachgeschaut. Unter dem Namen Opal Dream wurde dieser nicht gefunden. Also dachte ich, ich habe den Film noch nicht. Als ich diesen dann einlegte erinnerte ich mich schon nach ein paar Minuten und stöberte erneut in meiner Filmdatenbank. Ich gab hierzu als Suchbegriff den Namen Pobby ein, weil dies der Name der Hauptperson ist. Und siehe da. Den Film hatte ich schon einmal gekauft.Man sollte solche Firmen nicht unterstützen, die nur aus Geldgier den Titel des Films umbenennen. Das passiert leider immer häufiger. Und es ist mir ein Rätsel, warum dies getan wird.Update : Wie ich nun erfahren habe, ist es umgekehrt. Opal Dream war der erste Titel. 2014 wurde dann Pobby und Dingan veröffentlicht. Dies ändert aber nichts daran, dass ich einen Doppelkauf getätigt habe. Laut Label sind es Marketing Gründe, die zur Umbenennung geführt haben. Ärgerlich ist es trotzdem.
H**R
Imaginäre Freunde sind nur für die Anderen imaginär...
Wer jemals ein Kind kennengelernt hat, das einen "echten" imaginären Freund hat, der wird erst verstehen, mit wie viel Sensibilität und Feingefühl dieser Film ausgestattet ist. Mein Patenkind hat einen "Magli" mit dem er spricht und spielt und das trotz zwei weiterer Geschwister. Es ist nicht leicht sich in diese Welt zu begeben und sie zu verstehen, aber dieser Film hat es mit wirklich tollen Schauspielern geschafft, die Konfrontationen zwischen Realität und Phantasie glaubhaft darzustellen. Auch wenn sich das Ende des Films fast bis zum Paranormalen zuspitzt, so bleibt die Situation doch überschaubar und man stellt eher seinen eigenen Glauben in Frage, als an der Glaubwürdigkeit der kleinen Tochter Kellyanne zu zweifeln. Die schauspielerische Leistung aller Mitwirkenden ist einfach fabelhaft und die Regie ist keineswegs "kraftlos", wie Jemand in einer kritische Rezension von sich gab. Dieser Film ist das Beste zu diesem Thema, was ich je gesehen habe.
S**G
Gut
Kann man sehen.
L**E
A great Australian movie
The cast was excellent and pobby and dingem were belivable characters of the delightful Kelly Ann.
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