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Dramatic film noir about a tortured soul who returns to the city he vowed to leave behind in order to save the woman he knows he can never have. Cast:Anton Pardoe, Roselyn Sanchez, Patrick Bachau, Peter J. Lucas, Tony AmendolaDirector:Jeremy AlterRelease Date:March 13, 2009DVD Release:June 19, 2009From:Cinema EpochRating:RLength:1 hr. 39 min.
The Perfect Sleep played in limited release to fair reviews. • Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times, "...because it occupies a void, it satisfies only itself and touches nothing else. Here is a movie that goes about its business without regard for an audience." • And Andrew Barker called the film in Daily Variety, "...admirably ambitious..." More Reviews Below...
The Perfect Sleep Positive Reviews (7 Reviews, reviews below)
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (6 Reviews)
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: FAIR "...a strange, lovely, leaden ball of confusion.... wavers between homage and parody. But you can't look at something sideways while placing it on a pedestal..."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 330 words, 03/27/09
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: WEAK(cg) "...because it occupies a void, it satisfies only itself and touches nothing else. Here is a movie that goes about its business without regard for an audience."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 641 words, 05/07/09
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a good-looking but convoluted homage to film noir, Russian literature and Shakespearean tragedy... ambitious and creative... a tedious sit."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 212 words, 03/13/09
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: MODERATE(cg) "You have to give Jeremy Alter, a former location manager for David Lynch, props for his ambition: Alter's directing debut is a spoof of film noir with copious helpings of martial arts and Shakespeare."(See all of Lou Lumenick's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 124 words, 03/27/09
Lance Goldenberg, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "An ungainly fusion of dutiful homage and snarky send-up... steeps itself in the trappings of film noir while tripping over itself to slather the whole thing in irony."(See all of Lance Goldenberg's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 245 words, 03/25/09
KEY CITIES (0 Reviews)
The Perfect Sleep has not been reviewed in Key Cities
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (2 Reviews)
Lance Goldenberg, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "An ungainly fusion of dutiful homage and snarky send-up... steeps itself in the trappings of film noir while tripping over itself to slather the whole thing in irony."(See all of Lance Goldenberg's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 245 words, 03/25/09
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: FAIR "...a strange, lovely, leaden ball of confusion.... wavers between homage and parody. But you can't look at something sideways while placing it on a pedestal..."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 330 words, 03/27/09
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a good-looking but convoluted homage to film noir, Russian literature and Shakespearean tragedy... ambitious and creative... a tedious sit."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 212 words, 03/13/09
MOVIE INDUSTRY (3 Reviews)
Andrew Barker, Daily Variety: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...admirably ambitious, an attempt to sculpt an otherworldly, postmodern noir out of gauzy tableaux vivants and fever-dream imagery.... [but] misses the mark..."(See all of Andrew Barker's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 273 words, 03/13/09
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a good-looking but convoluted homage to film noir, Russian literature and Shakespearean tragedy... ambitious and creative... a tedious sit."(See all of Gary Goldstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 212 words, 03/13/09
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: FAIR "...a strange, lovely, leaden ball of confusion.... wavers between homage and parody. But you can't look at something sideways while placing it on a pedestal..."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 330 words, 03/27/09
8.8 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
The Perfect Sleep's reviews are separated by an average 8.8 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.
The Perfect Sleep (7 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:The Perfect Sleep's reviews cover 9.2% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 2,076 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 297 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 18 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
The Perfect Sleep's reviews on average broke 18 days after 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 The Perfect Sleep's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
The Perfect Sleep (7 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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