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 pulls her longtime crush, Peter, 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.

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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

05/05/2020

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.

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Anthony Lane

The New Yorker

12/04/2013

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

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Steven Rea

Philadelphia Inquirer

12/04/2013

2/4

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.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Apr 21

3.5/5

Despite its flaws, While You Were Sleeping endures as a rom-com that thrives on its casting and its Chicago setting, even if it asks viewers to accept some significant leaps in logic along the way.

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Gissane Sophia

Lady Geeks Media

Sep 21

Cozy, tender, funny, and achingly romantic, While You Were Sleeping beautifully continues to stand the test of time thirty years later.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

11/11/2021

3.5/4

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

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Carli B.

@carliburchett May 24

love. I hate miscommunication tropes, but I was thankful this one made sense instead of being as simple as her telling the family. She had decent reasoning to not tell them, although it was still a bit cringe as per usual. However, the slippery ice scene alone is enough to make me love this movie

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lolblog T

@RT47829063 Apr 13

the most annoying movie for me. i do understand maybe for the ones who like the genere of romance it is a "8 out of 10". but im not into that, since the movie it is in the top sellers of 1995 i had to watch it, and for me it is a straight 0 out of 10. i watched the entire movie just because im forced to, since i have to complete this marathon, but it was such a torture.

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Fani A

@RT59022243 Mar 27

warm, beautiful family and romance, wonderful Christmas movie. I watched this movie so many times.

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Melissa L

@Agent99 Jan 30

I thought this was a great love story.

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Sam X

@Sam2316 Jan 26

Sandra Bullock at her peak. One of the movies that defines this genre.

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Jackson M.

@Nshvlleindie Jan 15

Rotten tomatoes is blocking my review, but the bottom line is this is right up there with You’ve Got Mail and other romcom royalty. A wildly original story, but still warm with the right dose of hilarity. Also: it has one of the most perfect and likeable casts of any movie from the 90s.

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Synopsis

Lonely transit worker Lucy Eleanor Moderatz pulls her longtime crush, Peter, 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.

Director: Jon Turteltaub
Producer: Joe Roth, Roger Birnbaum
Screenwriter: Daniel G. Sullivan, Fredric LeBow
Production Co: Caravan Pictures, Hollywood 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