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05/26/06
Too Much Sleep (2001)
67 %
Reviews Counted: 45 Fresh: 30 Rotten:15 Average Rating: 6.1/10
Consensus:
An offbeat movie that will award patient viewers.
Rated: Not Rated
Theatrical Release: Mar 23, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: MARCH 23, 2001 (LIMITED) A dreamlike tale of finding one's purpose in the mundanity of suburban New Jersey, TOO MUCH SLEEP is a unique independent film which combines elements of crime drama with a journey narrative. Jack Crawford (Mark Palmieri) is a twentysomething night security... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Marc Palmieri, Pasquale Gaeta, Nicol Zanzarella, Judy Sabo Podinker, Philip Galinsky
Director: David Maquiling
Screenwriter: David Maquiling
Producer: Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente
Composer: Mitchell Toomey
Screenwriter: David Maquiling
Producer: Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente
Composer: Mitchell Toomey
Reviews
An esoteric, suburban valentine driven by deadpan humor and a certain dream logic... Too Much Sleep subverts expectations more than any movie I’ve seen all year.
09/12/02
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Too Much Sleep seems more like a home movie made by your brother-in-law and his frat brothers than a real film.
03/28/01
Full of perfectly realized touches of reality, ones that provoke both laugh-out-loud guffaws and ironic snickers.
03/27/01
As a first offering from writer/director David Maquiling, the movie is solid indie fare.
03/27/01
As a story, Too Much Sleep could inspire a little snooze of its own. But in images - in shots of Jack walking the suburban wasteland, of lawn sprinklers and discarded backyard toys -- it is nearly saved.
03/23/01
Too Much Sleep is loaded with the same quirkiness one expects from an independent comedy, although it's not as self-consciously strange as most.
03/23/01
For all his baggy-pants vulgarity, Eddie gives Jack the energy he needs to find his own way. And Jack finding Jack is the nut of the tale.
03/23/01
Top Critic
A modest, non-pushy little movie, one that resists hitting you over the head to get laughs.
03/23/01
Top Critic
Though far less polished (and pricey) than the average studio movie, an independent film such as Too Much Sleep easily makes up in pith and becoming modesty what it lacks in flash.
03/23/01
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Rich and droll, and yet slight -- a film of modest virtues, content to be small, achieving what it intends.
03/23/01
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