While You Were Sleeping (1995)
A story about love at second sight.
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While You Were Sleeping rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.8/10· 121K votes
Rotten Tomatoes81%
Metacritic67%
TMDb7/10· 2K votesWith 81% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.8/10 on IMDb and 67/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About While You Were Sleeping
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.
Cast of While You Were Sleeping
Sandra Bullock
as Lucy Eleanor Moderatz
Bill Pullman
as Jack Callaghan
Peter Gallagher
as Peter Callaghan
Peter Boyle
as Ox Callaghan
Jack Warden
as Saul
Glynis Johns
as Elsie
Micole Mercurio
as Midge Callaghan
Jason Bernard
as Jerry
Michael Rispoli
as Joe Jr.
Ally Walker
as Ashley Bacon
Monica Keena
as Mary Callaghan
Ruth Rudnick
as Wanda
While You Were Sleeping facts
- Budget
- $17M
- Box office
- $182.1M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Charming chemistry elevates this holiday romance above formula
- •Cozy Christmas atmosphere provides comfort and warmth throughout
- •Family dynamics ground the quirky premise in genuine emotion
What the audience disliked
- •Premise relies heavily on contrivance and convenient coincidences
- •Melodrama escalates during second act proceedings
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