The Dreamer's Choice British drama film autobiographically depicts the problem of choosing the direction of adolescent activity in the early years of life. It is not for nothing that millionaires are told that they do not understand how young people sit down at night with beers on benches - as if they have already achieved everything. The question is to set a goal.
The popular children's hero, G. Potter, with demonstrative ease did not appreciate the gifts of thousands of galleons falling on him and at the same time had no other aspirations, floated without idea with the flow, went where he was called and was not much different from ordinary schoolchildren, which, apparently, and earned their recognition.
The first of the two main characters of this film, whose title coincides with the names of directors and writers, Scott thinks he can become Spielberg or Schwarzenegger. And another character, Sid, with glasses and family problems, looks like Harry Potter and initially wants nothing but sitting at the desk, but falls under the influence of friendship.
I remember Chris Colfer’s “Lightning Strike” character, who published an unnecessary magazine, who believed that if someone gets a Nobel Prize, then give me one. Scott and Sid start washing ovens, selling vodka, and organizing parties. And the magazine, too.
The effort to apply extraordinary effort deserves respect, but goal setting itself may be risky and intellectually lame. The distribution of Nobel prizes does not depend on you, and to become Spielberg you either have to be them, or do something in many ways unknown, again dependent on others, not on yourself and perhaps in complete contradiction with what you put in someone else’s big name from the outside. The film shows that something can be achieved only through radical efforts and the elimination of what constitutes an ordinary life that definitely leads to nothing. And there will always be questions whether it is worth it and whether you did not lose, having fulfilled your dreams and losing your goals.
Of the disadvantages, one can note the carelessly pointed features of the characters of the main characters, which the actors are forced to portray. One is plagued and fearlessly hunched, and the other is self-confident talker. Such expressive mediocrity is reduced by compassion. In any case, it is far from Hollywood’s unbearable self-glorification of organizers of illegal business like “Molly’s Game”.
The film story about lonely dreamers “Scott and Sid” with the author’s, not the studio-commercial shade of unknown debutant authors wins condescending sympathy, but not satisfactory admiration for the overall production and finale.
7 out of 10