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March 12, 2021

At the Movies: A moody and unsettling lo-fi dream in ‘Come True'

By LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer

In “ Come True,” a lo-fi indie from director Anthony Scott Burns, the nightmare is always the same for a runaway teen, Sarah (Julia Sarah Stone), who sleeps on a playground slide and guzzles coffee to stay awake as long as she can.

The murky and illogical territory of dreams and nightmares has always provided fertile ground for filmmakers. Not only can your imagination run wild on screen, but there's even less of an expectation that it make any sense in the end. How could a creative soul resist?


 
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