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Welsh and English documentary about the changing life of a small Welsh farming community. Cast:Gideon KoppelDirector:Gideon KoppelRelease Date:July 29, 2011DVD Release:November 15, 2011From:Bard EntertainmentsLength:1 hr 35 min
NOVEMBER 15, 2011
Sleep Furiously, Good (Not Great) Reviews (Doc) Limited
Sleep Furiously played in limited release to good not great reviews. • Doug Knoop wrote in the Seattle Times, "...unfolds very slowly, using a series of scenes depicting life in Trefeurig, the rural Welsh farming community where the filmmaker grew up.... a visual ode..." • And Leslie Felperin wrote in Daily Variety, "Strikingly assembled and charmingly offbeat..." More Reviews Below...
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: VERY GOOD(cg) "...a lovely film, but maddeningly complacent.... this is a tranquil and bucolic district, but after a long winter, you might want to consider moving."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 506 words, 08/12/11
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (4 Reviews)
Rachel Saltz, New York Times: MODERATE "Koppel keeps viewers at arm's length.... Ultimately, the first impression given -- of a place both familiar and strange -- is the only impression offered. It's not enough."(See all of Rachel Saltz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 322 words, 07/29/11
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "...a lovely film, but maddeningly complacent.... this is a tranquil and bucolic district, but after a long winter, you might want to consider moving."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 506 words, 08/12/11
Michelle Orange, Village Voice: GOOD "Little is explained, often little needs to be... Koppel recalls the salvage ethnography of Robert Flaherty, whose 'Nanook of the North' established a norm for the genre."(See all of Michelle Orange's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 210 words, 07/27/11
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "Koppel uses images of live births, auctions and stuffed owls to build the sense of a grand cycle at work. In between the dog walks and the pots of tea, life is happening."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 267 words, 09/29/11
KEY CITIES (1 Review)
Doug Knoop, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "...unfolds very slowly, using a series of scenes depicting life in Trefeurig, the rural Welsh farming community where the filmmaker grew up.... a visual ode..."(See all of Doug Knoop's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 211 words, 10/07/10
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (3 Reviews)
Michelle Orange, Village Voice: GOOD "Little is explained, often little needs to be... Koppel recalls the salvage ethnography of Robert Flaherty, whose 'Nanook of the North' established a norm for the genre."(See all of Michelle Orange's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 210 words, 07/27/11
Joseph Jon Lanthier, Slant: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...a paean to the dignity of ritualized traditions that aims for poetic calmness, but more often smoothes its subjects into deliberately emblematic somnambulism."(See all of Joseph Jon Lanthier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 708 words, 07/24/11
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "Koppel uses images of live births, auctions and stuffed owls to build the sense of a grand cycle at work. In between the dog walks and the pots of tea, life is happening."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 267 words, 09/29/11
HIGHBROW PRESS (1 Review)
Rachel Saltz, New York Times: MODERATE "Koppel keeps viewers at arm's length.... Ultimately, the first impression given -- of a place both familiar and strange -- is the only impression offered. It's not enough."(See all of Rachel Saltz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 322 words, 07/29/11
Rachel Saltz, New York Times: MODERATE "Koppel keeps viewers at arm's length.... Ultimately, the first impression given -- of a place both familiar and strange -- is the only impression offered. It's not enough."(See all of Rachel Saltz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 322 words, 07/29/11
11.6 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Sleep Furiously's reviews are separated by an average 11.6 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Sleep Furiously (7 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Sleep Furiously's reviews cover 8.7% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 2,468 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 353 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 65 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Sleep Furiously's reviews on average broke 65 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Sleep Furiously's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Sleep Furiously (7 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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