A filmmaker sets out to discover the life of Joyce Vincent, who died in her bedsit in North London in 2003. Her body wasn't discovered for three years, and newspaper reports offered few details of her life - not even a photograph.... (Full plot summary below)
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A filmmaker sets out to discover the life of Joyce Vincent, who died in her bedsit in North London in 2003. Her body wasn't discovered for three years, and newspaper reports offered few details of her life - not even a photograph.
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| Time OutDave CalhounMorley's film is a mirror. How much do we know ourselves? How much do others know us? It works on the ego as much as it works on our empathy. |
| Little White LiesAshley ClarkHard to recall a film that lodges in the memory quite like this. Unmissable. |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchIt's a fascinating film, skilfully assembled, and one is inevitably reminded of Citizen Kane and Rashomon... |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenFor all its subtext about identity and London's social fabric, Dreams of a Life leaves too many blanks and is ultimately more frustrating than rewarding. |
| Empire MagazinePatrick PetersThis barely conceivable story of neglect and loneliness is given heartbreaking new life by Morley, with Zawe Ashton standing in effectively for the tragic young singer. |
| Daily Express (UK)Allan HunterIt is necessarily incomplete but still constructs a haunting portrait of a woman who deserved a better life and death. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawDreams of a Life is a painful film, a Christmas film with no feelgood message, but one which I think would in fact have interested Charles Dickens. Watching it is an almost claustrophobic experience, but a very powerful and moving one. |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerImpressively assembled and exhaustively researched, this is a grimly fascinating, deeply upsetting documentary-slash-mystery that raises some uncomfortable questions. |
| CineVueDaniel GreenA warm-hearted and deeply moving ode to Joyce Carol Vincent. |
| Radio TimesLucy BarrickShe may have been forgotten in life, but Joyce Vincent will haunt anyone who watches this astonishing film. |
