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While You Were Sleeping

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While You Were Sleeping (1995)

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Reviews Counted:40

Fresh:34

Rotten:6

Average Rating:6.5/10

Consensus: While You Were Sleeping is built wholly from familiar ingredients, but assembled with such skill -- and with such a charming performance from Sandra Bullock -- that it gives formula a good name.

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Lucy Moderatz, a charming but shy token seller, spends her evenings home alone with her cat and her holidays working for the Chicago Transit Authority -- she has neither family nor boyfriend to... Lucy Moderatz, a charming but shy token seller, spends her evenings home alone with her cat and her holidays working for the Chicago Transit Authority -- she has neither family nor boyfriend to keep her company. But she does have a secret crush: sexy Peter Callaghan, a regular customer who has never even given her a second glance. One day, Peter is mugged on the subway platform and falls in front of an oncoming train. The courageous Lucy jumps down onto the tracks and pushes him to safety, but the ordeal leaves Peter in a deep coma. Lucy remains at his side in the hospital until his family arrives -- at which point a confused nurse, who misunderstood one of Lucy's comments, informs the Callaghans that Lucy is Peter's fiancee. And Lucy just can't manage to set them straight. But now she's beginning to fall in love with Peter's handsome and kind brother, Jack, and has one big problem: what will happen when Peter wakes up? [More]

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle, Jack Warden, Glynis Johns, Micole Mercurio

Director: Jon Turteltaub

Director: Jon Turteltaub

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Reviews for While You Were Sleeping

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08/22/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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02/13/01
USA Today
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Bullock is a genuinely engaging performer, which at least gives the treacle some minty freshness.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/13/01
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
Los Angeles Times
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No review available.

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01/01/01
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

A few lines, owing to great delivery by terrific actors, raise this a few notches on the comedy scale.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
01/01/00
Barbara Shulgasser
Barbara Shulgasser
San Francisco Examiner

Director Jon Turteltaub's movie is just plain bad.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bruce Kirkland
Bruce Kirkland
Jam! Movies

As this season's gentle, feel-good romantic amusement, it works quite well.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
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Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Predictable at best and just plain dull most of the time.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
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Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

A sappy, negligible, thoroughly innocuous romantic comedy vehicle for Sandra Bullock.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
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Hal Hinson
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
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A perfect example of this unoriginal-but-enjoyable type of film making.

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James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

Cringe-inducing moments abound.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Kevin McManus
Kevin McManus
Washington Post
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A consistently adorable, if utterly predictable, piece of fluff.

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Lucy Mohl
Lucy Mohl
Film.com

Interesting twist on the romantic triangle.

Full Review Source: Cinematter | comment Comment
01/01/00
Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

Romantic, sweet without being cloying, and light on its feet.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

If it has no great virtues, at least it has no great faults either.

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Mark R. Leeper
Mark R. Leeper
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A lighthearted, charming nougat for romantics.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
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Peter Stack
Peter Stack
San Francisco Chronicle

Recaptures the true spirit of the best kind of modern fairy tale.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
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Richard Schickel
Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine

A feel-good film, warm and good-hearted.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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A bright, charming romance.

Full Review Source: Scott Renshaw's Screening Room | comment 1 Comment
01/01/00
Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw
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A gem of a movie.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment 1 Comment
01/01/00
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
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