Film

While You Were Sleeping 1995

Directed by Jon Turteltaub

  • Romance, Comedy
  • 103 min
  • PG

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.

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Classical in form, resolved, effortless and earnest.

  • classical in formformally daring
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • effortlessdemanding
  • earnestironic
  • warmbleak

Who loves it, who doesn't

The SincereThe Sincere: loved by 13The Sincere: disliked by 113 / 1The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 11The Comfort Seeker: disliked by 111 / 1The Thrill ChaserThe Thrill Chaser: loved by 6The Thrill Chaser: disliked by 16 / 1The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: loved by 5The Genre Devotee: disliked by 15 / 1The OmnivoreThe Omnivore: loved by 33The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 2The Prestige Hunter: disliked by 12 / 1The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: disliked by 30 / 3The CartographerThe Cartographer: loved by 11loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

98 profiled raters. Loved most by The Sinceres; disliked most by The Provocateurs.

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