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While You Were Sleeping

1995

Jon Turteltaub

Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle ...

5.5

44,960

Romance. Comedy When a lonely subway toll-taker (Sandra Bullock) is mistaken for a comatose man's fiancee (Peter Gallagher) after saving his life, his estranged family welcomes her with open arms. But when a brother (Bill Pullman) becomes suspicious and investigates her claims, she realizes shes "attached" to the wrong brother!

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"One of those movies that blind-sides you with its charm (...) While you're making up your mind that the movie's going nowhere, it starts to go somewhere (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Leonard Klady Variety	"As fragile as a house of cards. Its success is a true testament to its cast and to Turteltaub’s keen sense of balance."
		Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"[The plot] is pretty stupid throughout, and the filmmakers show no compunction in shaking its silliness in your face, but the film's casual warmth may make you tolerate some of the shortcomings"
		Peter Stack SFGATE	"A lighthearted, charming nougat for romantics, 'While You Were Sleeping' proves beyond a doubt that Sandra Bullock has enough spark to carry a movie with her wholesome femininity."
		Kevin McManus The Washington Post	"Despite a satisfying finale, 'Sleeping' is riddled with inane dialogue and peripheral characters who are ludicrous but not amusing"
		Duane Byrge The Hollywood Reporter	"[A] wonderfully unmodern and unabashedly melodramatic yarn"
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"'While You Were Sleeping' has its share of nice moments, none of which are especially memorable. The plot runs out of steam just past the one-hour mark (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		William Thomas Empire	"Bullock is a delight, disarmingly kooky, pleasing to look at (...) Together with Pullman, she keeps the predictable plot chugging along nicely (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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