Sleepwalking (2008)
19 %
Reviews Counted: 53 Fresh: 10 Rotten:43 Average Rating: 4.3/10
Consensus:
Despite some sharp performances, Sleepwalking suffers from a grimness of tone and sluggish pacing.
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Theatrical Release: Mar 14, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Nick Stahl (Sin City, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines), AnnaSophia Robb (Bridge to Terabithia, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) and Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron (Monster, North Country) star in Sleepwalking, a moving drama about the deep familial bond that develops... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Charlize Theron, Nick Stahl, AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Hopper, Woody Harrelson
Director: William Maher
Screenwriter: Zac Stanford
Producer: Charlize Theron, J.J. Harris, Beth Kono, A.J. Dix, Rob Merilees, Anthony Rhulen
Screenwriter: Zac Stanford
Producer: Charlize Theron, J.J. Harris, Beth Kono, A.J. Dix, Rob Merilees, Anthony Rhulen
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Taking its cue from the tabloids, this is yet another addition to that tacky category of scandal sheet cinema. Why do celebrities with charmed Hollywood lives imagine everyday people as a bunch of sleazy or dimwitted degenerates, misfits and assassins.
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07/04/08
If you enjoyed MONSTER'S BALL (it's not as good as that one however), you might find yourself pulled in by this moving drama.
06/18/08
The let's-take-a-road-trip method of character healing has been done to death, but unlike Little Miss Sunshine, James & Tara are made up of more than just cute quirks.
06/04/08
Theron sneaks out the door roughly 1/2 an hour into the picture. What is the movie to do without her energy?
05/15/08
Sleepwalking seems especially cruel to dwell on the bleak and cold at this time of year, when icy drizzle saturates the bones.
04/11/08
Stylistically strange, sluggish and ultimately unsatisfying domestic drama.
03/25/08
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Sleepwalking provides character arcs for its two protagonists but neither is as interesting or memorable as the performances warrant.
03/21/08
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A girl abandoned by her mother, a father unable to offer anything but hatred to his own children -- these are narrative elements of potentially great force, but they play out here without much shape, definition or power.
03/21/08
The movie is so overly familiar, and its take on the dysfunctional family dynamics is so unoriginal, that the whole thing might as well have been titled Generic Bleak Sundance Film Festival Drama No. 500.
03/20/08
The inherently uneventful nature of Stanford's script becomes more and more problematic as the film progresses...
03/19/08
It’s apparent some meaningful visuals are being approached here, but it seems like the film keeps missing its mark.
03/17/08
Not quite enough new here to make this film a hit, but enough of Theron, Hopper and Harrelson to make the film worth watching.
03/15/08
Portentous and dull, the film features one of the worst over-the-top performances by Dennis Hopper, who plays an abusive father. His role upends what could have been a mildly interesting family drama.
03/14/08
Top Critic
The cast is uniformly excellent, starting with 14-year-old Robb -- she makes a strong transition from child roles with her portrayal of the mercurial Tara.
03/14/08
Saddled with a title all too true to its somnambulist pace, Sleepwalking is a textbook case of a bad movie partially redeemed by good acting.
03/14/08
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Sleepwalking is a slow-moving family drama guaranteed to induce a nap if not somnambulism.
03/14/08
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The people never come alive, and the unremitting nastiness of the material is like being beaten with soggy towels for 90 minutes. Maybe another director and other leads might have helped.
03/14/08
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