Sleepwalk With Me

PG-13

Released Aug 24, 2012

1 hr. 30 min.

Comedy

Drama

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84%

117 Reviews

Tomatometer

71%

10,000+ Ratings

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Anxiety over his stalled career and outside pressure to marry his longtime lover (Lauren Ambrose) push a commitment-shy comic (Mike Birbiglia) to sleepwalk.

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Critics Consensus

Laugh-out-loud funny and endearingly messy, Sleepwalk with Me overcomes its tonal inconsistencies to deliver a sweetly melancholic, amiably reassuring indie crowd-pleaser.

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Dean E

Wow, just when you would think that a life of $20 a night comedian could not get any worse..............watch this.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/15/23

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Audience Member

It's boring, long-winding & poor quality drama. I stop half way

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Mike J

I sleepwalk all the time boy can I relate.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/28/22

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Audience Member

Great story, well told. I have listened to the original stand up it was based on several times and it was a joy to see it played out on the screen. PLUS Carol Kane! I mean, come on!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Mike Birbiglia is a comic who has a stand-up routine that I’ve seen or heard snippets of several times in the past, and I find him quite hilarious. When I heard he made films, I remember thinking his movies must be a laugh riot. What I’ve learned from watching them both is that his life, while at times funny, has inspired some heavier drama as well. His jokes can get me laughing until my face hurts, but Sleepwalk with Me barely made me chuckle. That’s not to say I disliked the film, in fact my expectations were prepared for this kind of reaction because that’s how I felt about Don’t Think Twice also. There were certainly some humorous moments in the film, and if you’re the type of person who likes awkward comedy this might be a home run of laugh-out-loud moments. Personally, that kind of comedy makes me cringe more than laugh. I have this tendency to empathize too much with the characters in movies, so when I watch something (like Mike Birbiglia doing disastrously bad jokes and bombing on stage) I squirm in my chair uncomfortably. Yet, there was something endearing about Sleepwalk with Me. Even though it was a difficult journey for “Matt,” I was along for the ride and desperate to hear how he would overcome his struggles. I’ll admit it was not always “fun” watching him stumble through life, particularly when we can see disaster on the horizon and he does nothing to stop it, but he’s such a charming guy that I don’t mind. The entire movie feels deeply personal, and you can see the ups-and-downs in Mike’s own life through this character. I liked that it was all presented as a sort of personal memoir with Mike speaking directly to camera. I do wish we had a better understanding of when, where, and why he was telling the story, though. Whenever we flash to these scenes it is basically the same as every other scene in the film with the exception of him talking to camera. I think Sleepwalk with Me is a borderline movie that was dangerously close to being something I hated, but instead it fell on the other side and was a film I did enjoy.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/24/19

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Audience Member

I love the message this movie has to offer! It's funny and amazing since it's true!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Lauren Ambrose

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Mike Birbiglia

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Caitlin Wood

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There is genuine humor with disability, and this particular film is an honest, earnest, and entertaining reflection of that truth.

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Chase Whale

Film.com

This self-deprecating comedy would make both Larry David and Louis C.K. proud,

Nov 8, 2013

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Violet Lucca

Film Comment Magazine

However, there's something ultimately unsatisfying about the experience of listening to stand-up comedian Mike Birbiglia tell the true story of his inability to marry his longtime girlfriend (played by the far-too-hot-to-be-with-him Lauren Ambrose).

Jun 28, 2013

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Scott Nye

Battleship Pretension

Birbiglia is endlessly self-aware, but expresses no true awareness of the self.

Mar 10, 2021

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Jordan M. Smith

IONCINEMA.com

The conversion between mediums is flawless, as it gains a variety of story expanding tricks this time around that can only come with the visual format.

Feb 9, 2020

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Molly Templeton

Eugene Weekly (OR)

Sleepwalk [With Me] takes familiar material and twists it slightly, bringing new themes into focus even as it relies heavily on [Mike] Birbiglia's tales of screwy gigs, stoic audiences and downright dangerous sleepwalking episodes.

Feb 27, 2019

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Synopsis

Anxiety over his stalled career and outside pressure to marry his longtime lover (Lauren Ambrose) push a commitment-shy comic (Mike Birbiglia) to sleepwalk.

Director: Mike Birbiglia
Executive Producer: Brian Bedol, Ken Lerer, Alissa Shipp
Screenwriter: Mike Birbiglia, Ira Glass, Joe Birbiglia, Seth Barrish
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Bedrocket Media Ventures, Sleepwalkers Anonymous
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Language|Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 24, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 2, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.2M

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