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Chasing Sleep

Chasing Sleep

Horror · Mystery · Thriller · 2001

A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance.

Movie details

Chasing Sleep

“The nightmare begins when you open your eyes...”

2001 Horror · Mystery · Thriller 1h 44m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Chasing Sleep?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Michael Walker

Written by

Michael Walker

Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels

Ed Saxon

Emily Bergl

Emily Bergl

Sadie

Molly Price

Molly Price

Susie

Gil Bellows

Gil Bellows

Detective Derm

Ben Shenkman

Ben Shenkman

Officer Stewart

Julian McMahon

Julian McMahon

George

Zach Grenier

Zach Grenier

Geoffrey

Court is in session

Put Chasing Sleep on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.