Dream Lover is really a love story, but not in the Norman Rockwell type of way. It's a story of two people who meet and get married and eventually start a family together. Everything seems normal enough, but beneath it all there is strange psychological battle that is looming. It's hard to pin point until after the movie ends, but both characters are crazy in their own way. Perhaps this is what makes them so perfect for each other and what fuels their passions, but instead of this being a love story about a happy family, it's about two dysfunctional people who love each other even after everything falls apart.
The story is dark and twisted, yet at the same time tells the love story so well that it's hard to dismiss their love for each other. The dialouge is fantastic and the acting was very well done. It's fatal attraction meets Romeo and Juliet premise keeps the movie intriguing til the end. It's a little scary to watch if you happen to be on the dating scene, but if you want to freak your spouse out, this movie offers some great ways to do it.