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While You Were Sleeping
While You Were Sleeping

While You Were Sleeping (1995)

70% User Rating
1h 43min
Romance
Comedy

"A story about love at second sight."

A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.

Jon TurteltaubDirector

Cast

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Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock

Lucy Eleanor Moderatz

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman

Jack Callaghan

Peter Gallagher

Peter Gallagher

Peter Callaghan

Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle

Ox Callaghan

Jack Warden

Jack Warden

Saul

Glynis Johns

Glynis Johns

Elsie

Micole Mercurio

Micole Mercurio

Midge Callaghan

Jason Bernard

Jason Bernard

Jerry

Michael Rispoli

Michael Rispoli

Joe Jr.

Ally Walker

Ally Walker

Ashley Bacon

Monica Keena

Monica Keena

Mary Callaghan

Ruth Rudnick

Ruth Rudnick

Wanda

Marcia Wright

Marcia Wright

Celeste

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Dick Cusack

Dr. Rubin

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Thomas Q. Morris

Man in Peter's Room

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Bernie Landis

Doorman

James Krag

James Krag

Dalton Clarke

Rick Worthy

Rick Worthy

Orderly

Marc Grapey

Marc Grapey

Intern

Joel Hatch

Joel Hatch

Priest

Mike Bacarella

Mike Bacarella

Mr. Fusco

Peter Siragusa

Peter Siragusa

Hot Dog Vendor

Gene Janson

Gene Janson

Man in Church

Krista Lally

Krista Lally

Phyllis

Kevin Gudahl

Kevin Gudahl

Cop at ICU

Ann Whitney

Ann Whitney

Blood Donor Nurse

Margaret Travolta

Margaret Travolta

Admitting Nurse

Shea Farrell

Shea Farrell

Ashley's Husband

Kate Reinders

Kate Reinders

Beth

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Susan Messing

Celeste's Friend

Richard Pickren

Richard Pickren

Lucy's Father

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Megan Schaiper

Young Lucy

Reviews (5)

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Kamurai
Kamurai
Rating 70%

September 21, 2020

Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. This feels like a classic watch, like a movie that started a trope...but I can't think of a single other movie that did what this movie does. Sure there are movies about comas, amnesia, lying, but they don't do it in the same way, and I honestly believe it's because this movie did it so well that no one wants to risk copying it and do worse. This is also a great example of good situational comedy without bleeding over into abuse humor: at no point is she "suffering", she's not attacked, or wronged, but she's in a difficult situation that doesn't lend towards pleasantness in a ridiculous fashion, mostly because the family is insane, in the best of ways. Every single actor in this really brings it too. There are plenty of notable names, but as much as Sandra Bullock elevates the quiet, reserved character of Lucy, there are so many other good actors and characters throughout the movie, it feels extremely balanced, despite all the different story angles happening. The other thing happening is that this is sort of a reverse mystery. Instead of information that other characters know being hidden from the audience to be revealed later, the audience is almost the only one to know the truth until aspects are slowly revealed to the rest of the cast. If you haven't see this yet, put it on your list, I promise it still holds up: even if there are no smart phones yet, you'll barely notice.

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