By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. Search, watch, and cook every single Tasty recipe and video ever - all in one place! But if it merely takes place during the season, does it count? And she turns out to be every bit as delightful as anyone might have expected. with 90s style, flavor, and fashion, and its chilly Chicago setting and holiday TURTELTAUB: Safety was a huge thing because if you stepped in the wrong place, you’d explode. Everything about that experience was magical. Hollywood Pictures, And the comedy is incredibly well-written, pulling off the farcical humor almost effortlessly. knowing specific details and referring to him in her thoughts as “Prince MICHAEL RISPOLI, who played Joe Jr.: I was only supposed to be there for a week, and I ended up shooting for three weeks because Jon added more scenes. GALLAGHER: Peter Boyle and I just hit it off.

I wouldn’t get out of bed between takes, and I never stayed out late because I was worried I could fall asleep so deeply, I wouldn’t wake up. There wasn’t anything flashy about her, so the person who would love her would be someone who didn’t need her to be that way, either. While You Were Sleeping One of Sandra Bullock’s earliest and most endearing performances, it is easy to forget this is a solid option for the Christmas holidays. | Rating: 3/5 BULLOCK: And then you had us, the motley crew, surrounding him. You can’t itch. Coming Soon. As soon as she left the room, [producer] Joe Roth stood up and said, “That’s our girl.”. Don’t worry, it won’t take long. The movie seems better suited to a holiday release. GALLAGHER: The moments I was awake, I was allowed to explore the reality of someone who was pretty convinced they had amnesia. Compared to While You Were Sleeping, even the half-baked scenario of the Marisa Tomei-Robert Downey Jr. romance Only You looks witty and inventive. While You Were Sleeping takes place during the Christmas season in Chicago so it's a big plot point that it's basically negative 20 degrees. There's not much church in this docudrama of the life of Stephen Hawking , and one assumes that's would be fine with him. backdrop make it a perfect January treat. With Peter in a coma, most of Gallagher’s scenes involved him actually sleeping on the constructed hospital set. PULLMAN: The scene that seems to have gotten really classic is when we slip on the [acrylic] ice in front of Lucy’s apartment.

If airing on Hallmark post-Thanksgiving or starring a singing/dancing Bing Crosby, the genre designation is obvious. I’m highly allergic to cats, so all my cat work is when I’m heavily medicated on Benadryl. F--- you and your wonderful job. Cinemark The script is actually really solid and the performances are so likable. Because of this hilarious paperboy fail scene. He said, “I just want you to know that no matter what response to the movie we get, this experience has been so filled with joy, and I love you people.” It was so impulsive and beautiful. We still use Glynis’s line if someone hands you a drink, you go, “I’m sorry, I don’t drink anymore. Jon’s favorite line in the movie was, “Do I like jello?” and that’s something I improvised. Indeed, liking Lucy so much is a serious achievement, considering her actions in the movie could be perceived as a tad creepy. This movie had taken a huge step backwards in budget and prestige when they hired me. So what are you waiting for?

Pullman's performance as Peter's down-to-earth younger brother is also a deft mix of moxie and frustration. The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review. This was his moment to shine. Some of the cast kept elements of their wardrobes and wore them in real life. ‘Bird Box’ vs ‘A Quiet Place:’ Who Did It Better? While You Were Sleeping arrives at the peak of spring, the only season that can make Christmas seem like an unwelcome visitor.

If airing on Hallmark post-Thanksgiving or starring a singing/dancing Bing Crosby, the genre designation is obvious.
BULLOCK: I just wanted her to be a normal human being. It plays like a movie dreamed up by people in a studio marketing department who'd decided to bare their souls. Lighthearted and full of laughs, While You Were Sleeping is a good, heartwarming family comedy.

[Bullock] knows one of the secrets of doing romantic comedy: treating the romance as a good joke. PULLMAN: I never thought of it as a Christmas movie. Co-writers Daniel G. Sullivan and Fredric Lebow first pitched the idea of a man falling in love with an unconscious woman.

SARKISSIAN: There was Julia Roberts. By accident, I saw that he had saved two scenes from “While You Were Sleeping.” That was the most touching thing. I hope she doesn't disappoint me in future (like the rest of my fave one did......brutally!). You're almost there! Reporting on what you care about. Coming Soon, Regal | Fresh (48) Its zany plot — a lonely woman (Bullock) convinces the family of a beautiful stranger (Peter Gallagher) that she’s his fiancee after he falls into a coma, until she ultimately ends up with his brother (Bill Pullman) — could have easily slid into farce territory.
TURTELTAUB: That coat that Lucy’s wearing is the coat her dad wears in the opening scene. It just got too long to wear. Bullocks talents and reinforce the perfection of 90s cinema. TURTELTAUB: We shot in the fall, and everyone promised us that in Chicago all the leaves would be off the trees by Halloween. I avoid looking at myself, like all actors, but when I see it through my kids’ eyes, then I can enjoy it. But that’s never what this character wanted. While You Were Sleeping is a 1995 American romantic comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub and written by Daniel G. Sullivan and Fredric Lebow. California residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data. The situation alone screams made-for-TV magic, but it’s the familial characters that brings the holiday spirit to this Hollywood creation. and the Terms and Policies, TURTELTAUB: I wanted to give them room to be creative. Lucy's confessional speech at the wedding is heartbreaking. The most iconic Kansas films seem to start in the state and then move on to someplace else. It's Bullock's first shot at a role in which she plays second fiddle neither to males nor special effects. I'm not into romantic movies that much but Sandra's ones are just awesome.

She’s a genius. I'm a little puzzled how this film hasn't lived on as something of a modern classic for the genre. She did the monologue at Peter’s bedside where she first explains everything, and it was just so beautiful. “Tangled,” the 50th animated feature in the Disney catalogue, has nothing to do with hair.

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