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- 2004
- R
- Paramount Classics
- 1 h 43 m
- 2004
- R
- Paramount Classics
- 1 h 43 m
Summary An exploration of family, revenge and the conflicts inherent in trying to escape one's past. (Paramount Classics)
Directed By: Mike Hodges
Written By: Trevor Preston
- 2004
- R
- Paramount Classics
- 1 h 43 m
- 2004
- R
- Paramount Classics
- 1 h 43 m
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
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5.4
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Summary An exploration of family, revenge and the conflicts inherent in trying to escape one's past. (Paramount Classics)
Directed By: Mike Hodges
Written By: Trevor Preston
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
56
46% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
46% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
56
46% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
46% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
A near-great British neo-noir, harsh yet hypnotic. Its psychological vortex can suck you in and leave you reeling.
The spare and unsparing tone of I'll Sleep When I'm Dead makes it as existential -- and as original -- a whodunit as they come.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead has its problems: As beautifully made as it is, Hodges leaves some crucial portions of the story maddeningly unclear, particularly at the end.
A consuming and stimulating work and a theoretical thriller, it is a film which could only be created by a remarkably skillful filmmaker.
It has great mood and a sense of the toughness of the London underworld, but it never really gets into gear.
It's dank, moody and sorrowful (all pros for this critic), but also tediously vague, thematically plodding and often eye-rollingly absurd in its grimness. Some may swoon; I yawned a lot.
Wallows in the same affected retro stylishness as the earlier film (Croupier), suffers from the same lack of narrative focus, and is just as choked with clichés.
User Score
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Based on 10 User Ratings
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User Score
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Based on 10 User Ratings
5.4
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Awards
Moscow International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
