While You Were Sleeping
Film1995103 min

While You Were Sleeping

Taste attributes: comedyromancedramaholidaystried & testedwholesomelightsimplelinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiplove conquers all

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"A story about love at second sight."

Boxlist takeAn uncomplicated romantic comedy that is contained, stirring and polished. Best if you like plain sailing over puzzles.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: very simple · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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What lines up

  • Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
  • Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
  • Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.

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Taste Attributes

complex relationshiplove conquers all

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Sandra BullockBill PullmanPeter GallagherPeter BoyleJack Warden

Details

Genre
Comedy
Year
1995
Runtime
103 min
Status
Released
Studio
Caravan Pictures
Taste scores
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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