FILM-IN YOUR DREAMS/ (TV):Forget fairy tales: New animated film 'In Your Dreams' gets real about family conflict

By Danielle Broadway

LOS ANGELES Nov 13 - When director Alex Woo pitched the animated Netflix film "In Your Dreams" to actor Simu Liu, Liu was fascinated by the opportunity to show a real family that argues. "The way that families are depicted, especially to a lot of children, is this idea that families are always happy, always smiling. They never fight. And it's just not true," said Liu, the China-born Canadian star of Marvel movie "Shang-Chi" in 2021.

"I think it's important that kids have imagery of families that aren't perfect."

"In Your Dreams" opens in theaters on Friday. The adventure-comedy film was animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks. Director Woo started as a stor

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