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  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 21 m
  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 21 m

Summary When an aspiring stand-up fails to express his true feelings about his girlfriend and his stalled career, his anxiety comes out in increasingly funny and dangerous sleepwalking incidents. [IFC Films]

Directed By: Mike Birbiglia, Seth Barrish

Written By: Ira Glass, Joe Birbiglia, Mike Birbiglia, Seth Barrish

  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 21 m
  • 2012
  • PG-13
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 21 m

Sleepwalk with Me

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
71
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 33 User Ratings
6.9
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Summary When an aspiring stand-up fails to express his true feelings about his girlfriend and his stalled career, his anxiety comes out in increasingly funny and dangerous sleepwalking incidents. [IFC Films]

Directed By: Mike Birbiglia, Seth Barrish

Written By: Ira Glass, Joe Birbiglia, Mike Birbiglia, Seth Barrish

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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86% Positive
24 Reviews
14% Mixed
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
71
86% Positive
24 Reviews
14% Mixed
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Oct 17, 2012
I've watched Sleepwalk With Me twice now, each time impressed with Birbiglia's confidence in revealing so much about his craft and himself, and the freely associated style with which he does it.
By Steve Persall FULL REVIEW
83
Aug 11, 2012
Sleepwalk With Me calls to mind Judd Apatow's "Funny People" for its focus on the eccentric, obsessive nature of the wannabe comic's mind.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 33 User Ratings
6.9
73% Positive
24 Ratings
21% Mixed
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6% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 33 User Ratings
6.9
73% Positive
24 Ratings
21% Mixed
7 Ratings
6% Negative
2 Ratings

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9
greygoose
May 22, 2013
This film was a really nice surprise. Streamed on NetFlix, thought it was one of the best of 2012 and has inspired me to start thinking about a movie idea of my own.
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8
Nicholasandrew
Oct 4, 2014
O filme eh muito bom. E da maneira como foi contada, de um ponto de vista diferente e uma historia bem irreverente, faz com que ele seja ainda mais surpreendente. Aposto que qualquer um irá gostar do filme.
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75
Sep 1, 2012
With a refreshing lack of fake glamour, the film captures what it's like to be an initially unpromising comedian on the road.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 11, 2012
As charming as it is winningly modest, but it's so incredibly slight a stiff wind would knock it into a different hemisphere.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 27, 2012
Sleepwalk is oddly soothing, like a cup of camomile tea before bedtime.
By Richard Corliss FULL REVIEW
63
Aug 21, 2012
The funny thing about the movie isn't its failure-to-launch humor, but the weird mess of life that rushes in despite it.
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40
Sep 7, 2012
Sleepwalk With Me is a decent film -- even if its not one that lingers.
By Mike Scott FULL REVIEW
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8
Seriosity
Dec 10, 2012
For a film written and directed by a comedian, it is surprisingly as poignant as it as funny. So off-beat, honest and self-aware, a pleasant surprise.
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6
SaraSurgo
Feb 18, 2013
Sleepwalk with Me is an insight into struggling stand-up comedians' experiences, but with personal AND peculiar influences from the actor himself. Mike Birbiglia was off-beat and well, himself. Worth a view.
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6
DTDunn
Dec 25, 2012
This is a mildly entertaining film that ultimately does not live up to the potential of the concept. The movie left me wandering if the hook -- sleepwalking -- didn't eventually become an unnecessary distraction.
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1
winthorp3rd
Dec 28, 2012
Huh? This guy bored me to distraction. Never did get the point of him, or the movie. Just a "story" about a bumbling, mumbling, talentless (at least as a comic) dullard making poor career and life choices. Who cares? Go to any shopping mall, government job site, public school faculty lounge, or bar and you'll be surrounded by similar decrepit, self-absorbed losers. No one wants to see a movie of their lives, for good reason. The only redeeming aspect was the female lead, who finally came to her senses and got out of the relationship. She summed him up nicely at the end by stating (paraphrasing) that she stayed in the relationship for so long only because she felt sorry for him. Pathetic.
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JamesD
Dec 21, 2012
This was so bad I had to walk out. Not funny. I liked Mike Brigligiailiailiailiaa. But now I don't. Awful. His stuttering through stuff was miserable.
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Production Company Bedrocket Media Ventures, Sleepwalkers Anonymous
Release Date Aug 24, 2012
Duration 1 h 21 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline When your subconscious has to do the work for you.
Website http://www.sleepwalkmovie.com/
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Nantucket Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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