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The Perfect Sleep

Play trailer Poster for The Perfect Sleep R,  2009,  1h 39m,  Action/ Drama/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 33% 12 Reviews Tomatometer 25% 10,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
33% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 25% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
A tortured man returns to a city he never wanted to see again to save the woman he loves.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times May 7, 2009
1.5/4
There are shadows on top of shadows. It's the film noir universe, all right. What does the title refer to? Perhaps to what you will enjoy during the film. Go to Full Review
Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times Mar 27, 2009
2/5
Easy on the eyes but brutal on the ears, The Perfect Sleep fuses Shakespearean tragedy and noir iconography into a strange, lovely, leaden ball of confusion. Go to Full Review
Lou Lumenick New York Post Mar 27, 2009
2/4
The disjointed story is no more comprehensible than The Big Sleep. Though Alter is no Howard Hawks and Pardoe and Sanchez are no Bogie and Bacall, this movie looks great. You won't nap through The Perfect Sleep. Go to Full Review
Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru Mar 29, 2009
5.0/10
Well-directed with exquisite visuals, but suffers from an often dull, convoluted and confusing plot as well as too much style over substance. Go to Full Review
Prairie Miller NewsBlaze Mar 27, 2009
Nothing makes much sense in this ridiculously high minded narrative, but the emptiness is brimming with intensity and attitude, along with some inspired night vision footage and dialogue delivered as over the top self-serious soundbites. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Jeremy Alter

Director

Anton Pardoe

The Narrator

Roselyn Sanchez

Porphyria

Patrick Bauchau

Nikolai

Peter J. Lucas

Ivan

Tony Amendola

Dr. Sebastian

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Movie Info

Synopsis A tortured man returns to a city he never wanted to see again to save the woman he loves.
Director
Jeremy Alter
Producer
Jeremy Alter, Keith Kjarval, Anton Pardoe
Screenwriter
Anton Pardoe
Production Co
Unified Pictures
Rating
R (Brief Drug Use|Violence|Some Language)
Genre
Action, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 13, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 6, 2016
Runtime
1h 39m
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