Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- irreverent
- breezy
- lazy sunday
- 1980s movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film watchable and intermittently entertaining, with strong performances unable to overcome predictable plotting and a shallow, derivative treatment of mental illness.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The four sanitarium patients are stranded in New York City, where everyday urban life becomes strange and difficult to navigate.
Billy, Henry, Jack, and Albert have sharply different obsessions and temperaments but must function as a group.
Dr. Weitzman obtains permission to take the patients from the sanitarium to a ballgame, triggering the story's displacement.
The patients' accidental exposure to crime leaves them stranded in New York, where the city challenges their assumptions about normality.
Films like The Dream Team, and why
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
shared ensemble comedy, institutional setting, and outsider characters confronting restrictive authority
Midnight Run
shared 1980s comedy tone, mismatched companions, and urban crime complications
Adventures in Babysitting
shared fish out of water premise, comic misfits, and escalating New York danger
Movie Details
- Director
- Howard Zieff
- Release Date
- 1989-04-07
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (264)
Cast
- Michael Keaton
- Christopher Lloyd
- Peter Boyle
- Stephen Furst
- Dennis Boutsikaris
- Lorraine Bracco
- Milo O'Shea
- Philip Bosco
- James Remar
- Jack Gilpin
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Dream Team about?
- Four psychiatric patients turn an ordinary trip to a ballgame into a comic urban survival mission after their doctor is hospitalized by a crime.
- What is The Dream Team like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Dream Team as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Dream Team violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Dream Team as mild.
- What did critics think of The Dream Team?
- Critics broadly found the film watchable and intermittently entertaining, with strong performances unable to overcome predictable plotting and a shallow, derivative treatment of mental illness.
- Which films are like The Dream Team?
- Films with a similar feel include One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Midnight Run, and Adventures in Babysitting.
- How long is The Dream Team?
- The Dream Team runs 113 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Dream Team?
- In United States, The Dream Team is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
