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| | Dream Lover Review | TVGuide.com |
 | | A cautionary tale about modern romance, DREAM LOVER is a stylish warning that all those anti-fairy tale cliches are true: beauty is only skin deep, you can't tell a book by its cover, every rose has its thorns, and anything that seems too good to be true probably is. |
 | | Lonely, divorced architect Ray Reardon (James Spader) is looking for his dream lover, and thinks he's found her in beautiful Lena Mathers (Madchen Amick), even though their first encounter, in a swank art gallery, is less than promising (he spills wine on her and she's hatefully oblivious to his apologies). |
 | | When DREAM LOVER sticks to the story of Ray's methodical devastation, it's slickly chilling and well served by above-average performances from Spader--turning in another finely calibrated yuppie characterization--Amick (of "Twin Peaks" fame), and several supporting players, notably William Shockley as Lena's redneck boyfriend. |
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