The Sleepy Time Gal

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The Sleepy Time Gal

R

2001

1h 48m

Drama

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250+ Ratings

Stricken with cancer, a writer (Jacqueline Bisset) visits a former boyfriend and hopes to contact her estranged daughter (Martha Plimpton).

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A thoughtfully assembled drama brought to life by sensitive performances, Sleepy Time Gal offers an intriguing glimpse of a woman at a crossroads.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

The Sleepy Time Gal” is a harrowing, emotionally punishing, bleak, and bitter view of old age -- its infirmities, its regrets, its disappointments, and, especially, its proximity to death.

Jun 27, 2023

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John Leonard

New York Magazine/Vulture

Superb performances from everyone, including Amy Madigan as a sort of one-woman hospice.

Feb 2, 2018

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Kent Jones

Film Comment Magazine

The final effect of Sleepy Time Gal is of a lovingly crafted patchwork quilt, sewn by hand, billowing as it falls over the bed.

Aug 21, 2004

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B. Ruby Rich

The Nation

Much of the pleasure of viewing The Sleepy Time Gal lies in the transcendent performance of the great Jacqueline Bisset, who plays the eponymous heroine.

Feb 25, 2020

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Apollo Guide

Rated: 75/100

May 13, 2005

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

A captivating and intimate study about dying and loving...

Rated: A

Feb 13, 2003

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Kitty G

the plot twists anfd turns and comes together in an unpredictable ending. sophisticatedpoints of view on race religion adultery homosexuality.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/29/23

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Audience Member

Very depressing film, beautifully acted, especially by Jacqueline Bisset and Nick Stahl. Very well written, fine score, but again a real bummer. Director Christopher Munch skillfully intertwines the characters. Well done.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

This had all of the parts of what could have been a really good movie. Wonderful actors and an interesting story. But it just didn't come together for me. It was disjointed and seemed to travel along the surface. The acting was very good.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

Bisset throws herself into what is by far the most emotionally demanding role of her career and emerges honorably.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

Bisset is terrific, but the film as an whole is disjointed and unsatisfying even as it is moving.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

i really like the acting, story line and the direction. its good

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Synopsis

Stricken with cancer, a writer (Jacqueline Bisset) visits a former boyfriend and hopes to contact her estranged daughter (Martha Plimpton).

Director: Christopher Munch
Producer: Ruth Charny, Christopher Munch
Screenwriter: Christopher Munch
Distributor: Antarctic Pictures, Sundance Channel Home Entertainment, Far Corners LLC [us]
Production Co: Münch/Charny, C-Hundred Film Corp.
Rating: R (Brief Nudity|Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 22, 2001, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Mar 22, 2005
Runtime: 1h 48m

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