Sleep

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Sleep

Released Sep 27

1h 34m

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SLEEP follows newlyweds Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun, PARASITE) and Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi), whose domestic bliss is disrupted when Hyun-su begins speaking in his sleep, ominously stating, "Someone's inside." From that night on, whenever he falls asleep, Hyun-su transforms into someone else, with no recollection of what happened the night before. Overwhelmed with anxiety that he may hurt himself or their young family, Soo-jin can barely sleep because of this irrational fear. Despite treatment, Hyun-su's sleepwalking only intensifies, and Soo-jin begins to feel that her unborn child may be in danger.

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Critics Consensus

Elegantly executed, Sleep builds prosperously upon a familiar premise and delivers rousing chills.

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

This is a really fun, tight little thriller that accomplishes a great deal in a limited space.

Nov 3, 2024

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Alison Willmore

New York Magazine/Vulture

Sleep is a wild ride, but it refuses to lose sight of the emotional state of the people it puts onscreen, even as they fall apart.

Oct 1, 2024

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

Yu stops exactly where he needs to to protect and maintain “Sleep”’s suggestive atmosphere and charming ambiguities.

Rated: 3.5/4

Sep 27, 2024

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Andy Klein

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

What you see is the mental disability of the husband progressively destabilizing the wife -- and that's the really scary part.

Nov 3, 2024

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Erik Childress

Movie Madness Podcast

The setup is creepy and intriguing even as it turns into a more domestic metaphor but it unfortunately just relies on the same old formula for a disappointing climax.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 31, 2024

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Ethan Padgett

Film Threat

As it touches on the intellectual horror approach, it is a highly entertaining film with realistic characters.

Rated: 9/10

Oct 10, 2024

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Nice lil ghost story but some scenes definitely could have been creepier.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/15/24

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Ovidius N

Found it all a bit silly and derivative. Ended up day-dreaming during the film. Never a good sign. Definitely not an engaging film, even if the acting is above average.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/12/24

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Sarfaraz A

Jason Yu wrote and directed his debut South Korean suspense thriller. Jung Yu-mi and Lee Sun-kyun play the lead roles. The film follows a couple, an actor and his pregnant wife. The wife is scared and annoyed by her husband's sleep talking and sleep-walking; he scratches his cheek so hard in his sleep that it bleeds, consumes raw meat and fish from the fridge, attempts to jump off the balcony, and the next day, the home pet dog is discovered dead in the refrigerator. It is discovered that the spirit of the lower floor's elderly tenant has infiltrated the husband's body. The film contains several effective scare jumps, and while there are no ghosts or ghouls in the film, Jason makes certain to terrorize the viewers when the couple falls asleep. The film also confuses the audience halfway through when the wife begins to behave erratic, leaving viewers to wonder if the wife is to blame for everything. Jason has exploited sleepwalking as a captivating subject for a thriller.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/21/24

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Kenneth L

This was just an ok ghost story (or was it?) I do not get the hype around this movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/19/24

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Audience Member

Absolutely fantastic. The character dynamic of the couple is so fun, very relatable, with lots of levity and love, which really adds to the tension of the danger that could tear it all apart. The only qualm I had with this film was the very very end. No spoilers, but I just felt like it warranted one short scene or two to fully resolve some things, but it also sort of makes sense where it ends because it could be argued as very ambiguous in what happened. But I wish there was one final scene to either confirm this was being ambiguous or if it was just them wanting to end it where it did. But other than that aspect, the film was so masterfully done, very carefully executed, and just a fun wild ride

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/03/24

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Ralphie S

Didn't know what to expect going in. This one is brilliant. A must see.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/02/24

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Jung Yu-mi

Su-jin

Lee Sun-kyun

Hyun-su

Jason Yu

Screenwriter

Lewis Taewan Kim

Producer

Choi Pyung-Ho

Executive Producer

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Synopsis

SLEEP follows newlyweds Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun, PARASITE) and Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi), whose domestic bliss is disrupted when Hyun-su begins speaking in his sleep, ominously stating, "Someone's inside." From that night on, whenever he falls asleep, Hyun-su transforms into someone else, with no recollection of what happened the night before. Overwhelmed with anxiety that he may hurt himself or their young family, Soo-jin can barely sleep because of this irrational fear. Despite treatment, Hyun-su's sleepwalking only intensifies, and Soo-jin begins to feel that her unborn child may be in danger.

Director: Jason Yu
Producer: Lewis Taewan Kim
Screenwriter: Jason Yu
Distributor: Magnet Releasing
Production Co: Lewis Pictures
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror, Comedy
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 27, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 27, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $33.9K
Runtime: 1h 34m

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