‘Dream Scenario’: Cage is a dreamy choice for Borgli’s exceptional and eccentric dark comedy

“Dream Scenario” (2023) – “The Dream Police.  They live inside my head.” – “Dream Police” (1979) by Cheap Trick Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) isn’t a cop, but – for reasons that cannot (easily) be explained – he’s living inside people’s heads.  This college professor and family man spends his days giving lectures about evolutionary biology and supporting his wife, Janet (Julianne Nicholson), and their two daughters.  However, nights suddenly become problematic because friends, students, colleagues, and strangers inexplicably begin dreaming about him.  What?  This mild-mannered, nondescript educator becomes an overnight…