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The Sleepy Time Gal
Directed by
Christopher Munch
R
2001
1h 48m
Drama
5.9
83%
57%
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A young woman, played by Martha Plimpton, learns of her adoption and eventually quits her law firm job in NYC and goes on a journey to find her birth mother - played by Jacqueline Bisset.
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Where to Watch The Sleepy Time Gal
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Cast of The Sleepy Time Gal
Jacqueline Bisset
Frances
Martha Plimpton
Rebecca
Nick Stahl
Morgan
Amy Madigan
Maggie
Frankie Faison
Jimmy Dupree
Seymour Cassel
Bob
Justin Theroux
Rebecca's Boyfriend
Kate McGregor-Stewart
Miriam
Peggy Gormley
Betty
The Sleepy Time Gal Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Munch's screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters. He watches them as they float within the seas of their personalities. His scenes are short and often unexpected.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Its rhythms and currents sink into a viewer's consciousness and linger in the mind.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Playing a role of almost Bergmanesque intensity ... Bisset is both convincing and radiant.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Bisset delivers a game performance, but she is unable to save the movie.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A captivating and intimate study about dying and loving...
Boston Globe
Erin Meister
A thoughtful, moving piece that faces difficult issues with honesty and beauty.
Newsday
Gene Seymour
It's delicate, haunting and sultry.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Paul Doro
It has a subtle way of getting under your skin and sticking with you long after it's over.
San Francisco Examiner
Jeffrey M. Anderson
When the film ended, I felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while.
Citysearch
Michael Phillips
Bisset still commands the screen as the graceful and outspoken Frances.
New York Magazine/Vulture
John Leonard
Superb performances from everyone, including Amy Madigan as a sort of one-woman hospice.
Film Comment Magazine
Kent Jones
The final effect of Sleepy Time Gal is of a lovingly crafted patchwork quilt, sewn by hand, billowing as it falls over the bed.
Village Voice
Dennis Lim
From the dull, surreal ache of mortal awareness emerges a radiant character portrait.
The Nation
B. Ruby Rich
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.
Film Journal International
David Noh
Although sensitive to a fault, it's often overwritten, with a surfeit of weighty revelations, flowery dialogue, and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken.
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Excellent performances from Jacqueline Bisset and Martha Plimpton grace this deeply touching melodrama.
Apollo Guide
Jon Lap
To the film's credit, the acting is fresh and unselfconscious, and Munch is a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment.
MovieMartyr.com
Jeremy Heilman
Mnch's genuine insight makes the film's occasional overindulgence forgivable.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
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.
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