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  • 2020
  • TV-PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2020
  • TV-PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary In this family adventure-comedy, Clancy (Sadie Stanley) and her kid brother Kevin (Maxwell Simkins) discover that their seemingly normal stay-at-home mom Margot (Malin Åkerman) is actually a former high-end thief in the witness protection program. When both their mom and dad (Ken Marino) are kidnapped and forced to pull one last job with...

Directed By: Trish Sie

Written By: Sarah Rothschild

  • 2020
  • TV-PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2020
  • TV-PG
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 40 m
The Sleepover
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
46
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
4.9
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Summary In this family adventure-comedy, Clancy (Sadie Stanley) and her kid brother Kevin (Maxwell Simkins) discover that their seemingly normal stay-at-home mom Margot (Malin Åkerman) is actually a former high-end thief in the witness protection program. When both their mom and dad (Ken Marino) are kidnapped and forced to pull one last job with...

Directed By: Trish Sie

Written By: Sarah Rothschild

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
46
22% Positive
2 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
22% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
46
22% Positive
2 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
22% Negative
2 Reviews

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64
Aug 27, 2020
It’s just enough entertainment to provide fodder for one diverting sleepover, but it’ll be forgotten as soon as the morning dawns.
By Karen Han FULL REVIEW
63
Aug 19, 2020
A giddy and fitfully amusing mashup of "Adventures in Babysitting," "Date Night," the Spy Kids franchise and, um, "Wet Hot American Summer," The Sleepover is the latest entry in Netflix’s experiment in catch-‘em-all entertainment.
By Barry Hertz FULL REVIEW
58
Aug 19, 2020
Softer and safer than a close cousin like “Adventures in Babysitting,” The Sleepover zips between its adult storyline and the wacky hi-jinks of the kids, scarcely noticing it’s the younger set who are far more amusing to watch.
By Kate Erbland FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 22, 2020
Sleepover is cheerful enough that it passes the time, even as that time passes ever-so-slowly as it stumbles for clues, through a Boston sight gag or two and into the “big finish” that’s more a series of minor busts. Leave this one to the tween-and-unders.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 21, 2020
The frantic adults and kids in Trish Sie’s The Sleepover are often screaming, but that doesn't mean they’re getting anywhere. You’d think that a story about a mom's cool secret and kids breaking curfew would be a lot more fun, especially with a charismatic cast like this, and yet The Sleepover is mostly about killing time, specifically that of your own.
By Nick Allen FULL REVIEW
30
Aug 21, 2020
Design values and Conrad W. Hall's photography are as flatly unimaginative as the rest of the film, which, in its avoidance of distinguishing features, would make a better candidate for witness-relocation anonymity than Margot does.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
30
Aug 21, 2020
As The Sleepover juggles the genres of heist movie, action thriller, scavenger hunt and teen/tween comedy, it never finds an identity which it slips into effortlessly, the way a good thief can.
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4.9
14% Positive
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71% Mixed
5 Ratings
14% Negative
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14% Negative
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Production Company LD Entertainment
Release Date Aug 21, 2020
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating TV-PG
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Tagline To Rescue Their Parents They Need to Get a Clue
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• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
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• 1 Nomination

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