Dream Big

Dream Big is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and PDI/DreamWorks and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. It was directed by Cody Cameron (in his directorial debut) from a screenplay by J. David Stem and David N. Weiss. The film features the voices of Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Rooker, Denzel Washington, Carrie Fisher, and Pierce Brosnan.

Dream Big premiered in Los Angeles on December 7, 2003, and was released in the United States on December 19, 2003. The film received positive reviews and was a box office success, grossing $432.9 million worldwide.

Plot
Edwin is a lonely young man, who was told by his boss Quinby Xanders, that dream world does not exist.

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Cast

 * Leonardo DiCaprio as Edwin, a young man who always dream about living his dream life.
 * Kate Winslet as Lizzie, a young female that Edwin meets in the dream world.
 * Michael Rooker as Graham Wilde
 * Denzel Washington as Benjamin
 * Carrie Fisher as Diana
 * Pierce Brosnan as Shulk, a hulk-like monster.
 * Kirsten Dunst as Tina
 * Dan Arkroyd as Pulipo
 * Michael J. Fox
 * Josh Peck as Sharytake
 * Alex D. Linz as Jake, Edwin's young brother

Additonal voices

 * Cody Cameron as TBA
 * Conrad Vernon as TBA
 * Kelly Clooney as TBA
 * Christopher Knights as Quinby Xanders, Edwin's boss

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ADR Group

 * Newell Alexander
 * Rosewell Alexander
 * Tom Amundsen
 * Kirk Baily
 * Mitch Carter
 * Robert Clotworthy
 * David Cowgill
 * Holly Dorff
 * Moosie Drier
 * Iake Eissinmann
 * Rylee Fansler
 * Donald Fullilove
 * Elisa Gabrielli
 * Jackie Gonneau
 * Nicholas Guest
 * Bridget Hoffman
 * Sherry Hursey
 * Rif Hutton
 * Edie Mirman
 * Paul Pape
 * Devika Parikh
 * Peter Renaday
 * Philece Sampler
 * Marcelo Tubert
 * Lynnanne Zager

Production
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Theatrical
Dream Big was originally slated for release on November 7, 2003 before being pushed back to December 19, 2003 in order to avoid competition with Disney's Brother Bear and New Line Cinema's Elf. The film's official premiere took place in Los Angeles on December 7, 2003, with the cast and filmmakers as attendees.

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Home media
Dream Big was released by DreamWorks Home Entertainment on VHS and DVD on April 13, 2004. It was also released on Game Boy Advance Video in October 2005. The home media release was accompanied with a home media exclusive animated short film The Story of Lizzie. The DVD release also contains an audio commentary on the film, featurettes, games, how-to-draw featurettes, and technical goofs among other features. The home video release brought in more than $221 million in DVD and VHS sales and rentals. In May 2004 alone, 15.9 million copies of the film were sold.

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment subsequently re-released the film on Blu-ray on June 4, 2019. In commemoration of the film's 20th anniversary, an Ultra HD Blu-ray edition will be released in 2023, by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

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Critical response
Dream Big has an approval rating of 82% based on 228 professional reviews on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 7.5/10. Its critical consensus reads, "Dream Big is a dazzling, fast-paced, and funny adventure that can made in its own right." Metacritic (which uses a weighted average) assigned Dream Big a score of 78 out of 100 based on 34 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.

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