While You Were Sleeping

1995 Comedy

This latter-day romantic screwball comedy stars Sandra Bullock as a love-starved subway toll booth operator, Lucy. Lucy pines for regular customer Peter Callaghan (Peter Gallagher), but the self-absorbed attorney pays her no heed. One day, Peter is beaten by a gang of thugs and tossed onto the tracks. Lucy rescues him from death. While he is comatose in the hospital, a comment she makes at his bedside is misinterpreted, and she then allows his family members, who haven't seen Peter in awhile, to believe that she is his fiancée. Peter's parents, Ox (Peter Boyle) and Midge (Micole Mercurio), take a liking to Lucy. But Lucy takes a liking to Peter's brother Jack (Bill Pullman), though Jack is suspicious about her claim to be Peter's intended.

Director: Jon Turteltaub

Starring: Sandra Bullock,Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle, Jack Warden

 24 Reviews  6 Awards

Reviews

  • Bullock is a delight, disarmingly kooky, pleasing to look at, and - as she has previously proved - a gifted comedic actress.

    - Empire

    11 May 2013

  • It's a feel-good film, warm and good-hearted, and as it was heading for its happy ending, I was still a little astonished how much I was enjoying it.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    11 May 2013

  • It's a feel-good deal you can take the whole family to, or even better, a date. And this almost cuddly film, built on a farfetched case of mistaken identity, delivers plenty of fun.

    Peter Stack - The San Francisco Chronicle

    11 May 2013

  • While You Were Sleeping is a mild romantic comedy rooted in class anxiety, but it's nice to see perennial loser-in-love Pullman ("Sleepless in Seattle", "The Last Seduction") get some. Respect, that is.

    - TV Guide

    11 May 2013

  • Only when you look closer do you realize that While You Were Sleeping exhibits precious few genuine feelings. It's a movie cranked out by machine, about supposedly delightfully idiosyncratic characters who only do what they do because the highly structured plot requires it.

    Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly

    11 May 2013

Awards

  • Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)

    American Comedy Awards (1996)

     

  • Randy Edelman

    BMI Film & TV Awards (1996)

  • Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy

    Casting Society of America (1995)

     

  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical

    Golden Globes (1996)

     

  • Golden Screen, Germany (1995)

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