While You Were Sleeping

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While You Were Sleeping

PG

1995

1h 43m

Romance

Comedy

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Lonely transit worker Lucy Eleanor Moderatz (Sandra Bullock) pulls her longtime crush, Peter (Peter Gallagher), from the path of an oncoming train. At the hospital, doctors report that he's in a coma, and a misplaced comment from Lucy causes Peter's family to assume that she is his fiancée. When Lucy doesn't correct them, they take her into their home and confidence. Things get even more complicated when she finds herself falling for Peter's sheepish brother, Jack (Bill Pullman).

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Critics 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.

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Duane Byrge

The Hollywood Reporter

Bullock gives Lucy just the right amount of edge. Pullman's performance as Peter's down-to-earth younger brother is also a deft mix of moxie and frustration.

May 5, 2020

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Anthony Lane

The New Yorker

[Bullock] knows one of the secrets of doing romantic comedy: treating the romance as a good joke.

Dec 4, 2013

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Steven Rea

Philadelphia Inquirer

Compared to While You Were Sleeping, even the half-baked scenario of the Marisa Tomei-Robert Downey Jr. romance Only You looks witty and inventive.

Rated: 2/4

Dec 4, 2013

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...an increasingly compelling and charming romantic comedy...

Rated: 3.5/4

Nov 11, 2021

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Charlotte Harrison

Charlotte Sometimes Goes to the Movies

Rom Com / screwball comedy perfection.

Apr 13, 2021

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

Like most American romantic comedies, this is all heart and no head, but it does have a habit of sneaking in some intriguing twists and turns when you least expect it.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 11, 2020

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Beatrice B

Lucy is practically a stalker. She invades Peter's privacy without any justification, tells lies in a superficial way. The basis for the misunderstanding was shaky. Not romantic at all, a bit creepy.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/19/24

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Jane S

A favorite for the holidays. Sandra Bullock leads a charming cast. Smart dialogue. Not only will you smile, you may find yourself misty-eyed in the best way.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/13/24

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Cork B

Yeah it is stupid - I somehow accidentally ended pretending to be a fiance to a guy in a coma and fall in love with his brother? Add to that the atrocious 'aw shucks I am in love but I can't admit it' scenes ... General Hospital writers couldn't make this junk up. That all said, it is competently produced, tugs at the heartstrings, and has some likable characters.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/08/24

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Fabrícia F

Uma interessante comédia romântica cheia de intensidade e comoção. Leve, comovente, genial.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/25/24

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Sarah Y

A really cute movie - Sandra Bullock is great but the side characters also feel like characters in their own right and this is such a great winter movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/09/24

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Christian K

This is single handedly carried by Bullock's overwhelming charm and charisma. Overall its a well crafted classic 90s rom com.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/09/24

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Synopsis

Lonely transit worker Lucy Eleanor Moderatz (Sandra Bullock) pulls her longtime crush, Peter (Peter Gallagher), from the path of an oncoming train. At the hospital, doctors report that he's in a coma, and a misplaced comment from Lucy causes Peter's family to assume that she is his fiancée. When Lucy doesn't correct them, they take her into their home and confidence. Things get even more complicated when she finds herself falling for Peter's sheepish brother, Jack (Bill Pullman).

Director: Jon Turteltaub
Producer: Joe Roth, Roger Birnbaum
Screenwriter: Daniel G. Sullivan, Fredric LeBow
Production Co: Hollywood Pictures, Caravan Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $81.1M
Runtime: 1h 43m
Sound Mix: Surround

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