State Like Sleep

Released Jan 4, 2019

1 hr. 44 min.

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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30 Reviews

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100+ Ratings

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One year after the untimely death of her husband, a young woman receives a phone call that pulls her back to Brussels and the life that she's tried to forget.

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Critics Consensus

State Like Sleep fails to engage despite the efforts of a talented cast, leaving viewers with a would-be thriller that has an unfortunately descriptive title.

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Audience Member

The actress is sooo bad: she has the same expression throughout the entire movie

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Boring. All these review says this: boring. Believe them. It is boring. Worse. It sets up like a mystery thriller but ultimately there is no big reveal. Was it Suicide? Murder? What did he get himself into? It never answers any of the questions it raises. Just bores you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/19/20

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Audience Member

Found this to be extremely slow with a weak plot. Acting was good but I recommend giving this film a miss.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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farah r

Boring, slow, and unbearably uneventful, State Like Sleep is painstaking to watch despite some decent performances.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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State Like Sleep (2 out of 5 stars). State Like Sleep literally feels like you are trying to remember a dream from a nap which nothing in it makes sense and nothing really exciting about it. Well that is how this film feels when the main character is going through a dream and she is trying to connect the missing pieces to solve a murder. There is nothing really interesting about the film. The plot is boring. The characters are dull. The acting is tedious. And the twist is nothing special about it. The plot follows Katherine (Katherine Waterston) who is trying to solve her husband's Stefan (Michiel Huisman) murder. She finds a matchbox that connects to a gentleman's club owned by Emile (Luke Evans). And she goes on a search for who murdered her husband. The plot feels like one long boring dream. The film flashes back and forth with the present and past to show how Katherine and Stefan troubling marriage. Stefan being the irresponsible and he is keeping secrets from her and his family. Emile played by Luke Evans has some connections with Stefan's character that does not clearly tie up. The one character that feels out of place and does not serve a purpose to the story at all is Edward (Michael Shannon) a married guy who sleeps around when he is on a business trip. Edward comes across Katherine to give her a bit of advice but nothing more to add to the story. Katherine Waterston is okay playing Katherine. Michiel Huisman, Luke Evans, and Michael Shannon were decent but there characters are underdeveloped with the film. And barely has any progression to the story. Overall, State Like Sleep is a bad film. The plot is boring. The twists are forgettable. The acting is dull and the direction does not add up but gives you an empty thriller drama film.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/26/19

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Audience Member

Good as reading the phone-book

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Meredith Danluck

Director

Katherine Waterston

Katherine

Michael Shannon

Edward

Luke Evans

Emile

Michiel Huisman

Stefan Delvoe

Mary Kay Place

Elaine

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Amy Nicholson

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

This all unfolds so slowly that by the time it gets momentum... You're surprised that the plot suddenly has momentum.

Sep 13, 2019

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Nell Minow

RogerEbert.com

When the story falters, the mood takes over, making the audience's experience a dreamlike state of sleep itself.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 4, 2019

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Sara Stewart

New York Post

Despite the film's wispiness... there is always something compelling about Waterston, who is usually the best part of any film she's in.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 4, 2019

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Tom Beasley

VultureHound

There's a curiously inert and lifeless feel to this world.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 16, 2020

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

State Like Sleep is a stunning film with a story that gets into the mind and stick around a while with images that work perfectly.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 4, 2020

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Tori Brazier

Flickering Myth

State Like Sleep is a disjointed film that's not sure what it wants to be.

Dec 1, 2019

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Synopsis

One year after the untimely death of her husband, a young woman receives a phone call that pulls her back to Brussels and the life that she's tried to forget.

Director: Meredith Danluck
Executive Producer: Leonid Lebedev, Daniel Bekerman, Ethan Lazar, Mark Roberts, P. Jennifer Dana, Ross Jacobson
Screenwriter: Meredith Danluck
Distributor: The Orchard
Production Co: Sight Unseen Pictures, Scythia Films
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 4, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.8K

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