Promiscuous, abused clinical psych student meets delusional schizo. The performances are powerful, the ending ambiguous. The psychological jargon is rather simple-minded and it feels as though the entire faculty are actually not much ahead of the students. Real Yan is the head professor's favorite but it is difficult to know why. She doesn't seem to be particularly insightful.

I didn't believe the ending. Did Real Yan show up as Yan Yan? Was he dreaming the final minute? Was the ending her delusion? Was he choosing Yan Yan over reality? Who was the most self-destructive and co-dependent? They were made for each other evidently. I think the ending needed more clarity to finish the loop.

I stumbled upon the 2019 Hong Kong romantic drama titled "Beyond the Dream" from writers Kiwi Chow (whom also directed the movie) and Chun Wing Tsang. Now, I had never heard about this movie prior to watching it, but it being a Hong Kong movie was more than enough to make me sit down and watch it.

And I managed to endure a painstakingly boring 51 minutes of the two hours the movie ran for, because I succumbed and gave up on this boring heap of a movie. The pacing of the narrative was insanely slow, and nothing worthwhile happened as the movie trotted on and on. And I have to say that the character gallery was so flaccid and bland that it just took away from the movie.

I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in "Beyond the Dream", but it was just a struggle to watch them bringing boredom to life on the screen.

"Beyond the Dream" from director Kiwi Chow came and went without leaving a lasting impression on me. And come next week, I am sure that all memory of this swing and a miss of a movie will have faded into oblivion.

I was by no means entertained by this movie. And as such, my rating of "Beyond the Dream" lands on a two out of ten stars.

A truly beautiful story, very touching. It made me deeply understand the struggle that persons with mental illness have to suffer in their life and love. Their hearts are vulnerable but yet pure and yearns for love. And I totally agree that they deserve love like everybody else. Loneliness can kill but love will heal.

Great cinematography and very good performance from both main characters as well. Highly recommended for everyone. This is my first movie review ever, and Beyond The Dream will be in my most favourites list.