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  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • Maya Entertainment
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • Maya Entertainment
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary In the near future, the world is divided by closed borders, but connected by a digital network that ties together people around the world. Memo Cruz lives with his parents and his brother in the small, dusty village of Santa Ana del Rio, in Mexico. Santa Ana is an isolated farming community, the kind of place that seems frozen in time --...

Directed By: Alex Rivera

Written By: David Riker, Alex Rivera

  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • Maya Entertainment
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • Maya Entertainment
  • 1 h 30 m

Sleep Dealer

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
59
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary In the near future, the world is divided by closed borders, but connected by a digital network that ties together people around the world. Memo Cruz lives with his parents and his brother in the small, dusty village of Santa Ana del Rio, in Mexico. Santa Ana is an isolated farming community, the kind of place that seems frozen in time --...

Directed By: Alex Rivera

Written By: David Riker, Alex Rivera

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
59
43% Positive
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90
Adventurous, ambitious and ingeniously futuristic, Sleep Dealer is a welcome surprise. It combines visually arresting science fiction done on a budget with a strong sense of social commentary in a way that few films attempt, let alone achieve.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
75
Far more worth seeing than most of what's out there.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
70
The freshness and ingenuity of this techno-thriller should spark a cult following among sci-fi fans at the very least, but the film could make inroads among cineastes, adult adventure-seekers and the Latino community as well.
By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW
60
The plot of Sleep Dealer is a bit thin, and the performances are earnest and dutiful. But there is sufficient ingenuity in the film’s main ideas to hold your attention, and the political implications of the allegorical story are at once obvious and subtle.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
50
Despite some clever virtual-reality concepts and projections about the next frontier of globalization, Alex Rivera's ambitious directing debut lacks the vision, or the budget, to pull off its fusion of sci-fi and aspirational saga.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
40
Haunting ideas and efficient storytelling, but director-cowriter Alex Rivera needed to fine-tune a bit more.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
40
Science fiction easily lends itself to allegory, but while the dystopian near-future of co-writer/director Alex Rivera's feature debut focuses, admirably, on how globalization affects the third world, his ideas are as subtle as a light saber to the face.
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Production Company Likely Story, This Is That Productions
Release Date Apr 17, 2009
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Connect to your destiny.
Website http://www.sleepdealer.com/
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Imagen Foundation Awards
• 3 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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