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    Emma Stone Grounds The Funny, Fidgety 'Maniac'

    Not everything works with Netflix's offbeat comedy-drama weaving the story of a mad scientist with the dreams of two of his subjects. But lead Emma Stone and director Cary Fukunaga are in top form.
    by Linda Holmes Sep 24, 2018 3 minutes
    Emma Stone and Jonah Hill in Netflix's <em>Maniac</em>.

    Television and film set in dreams and hallucinations struggle with the fundamental limitations of the rational mind. Too often, w people experience as visions in TV and movies aren't strange enough. They're slightly bent, but not as off-balance as real dreams and hallucinations tend to be.

    , Netflix's new 10-episode series that originates with scientific trials of psychoactive drugs, spends a significant amount of its screentime in artificially induced dreams. Stars Emma Stone and Jonah Hill play Annie and Owen, differently

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