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Sleepless Reviews

2001

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One of the major innovators of the horror film, Italian director Dario Argento (TENEBRE, SUSPIRIA) was one of the first auteurs to raise the previously dismissed genre to the level of art. Known for his striking visuals and elegant approach to gore and violence, Argento teams up with acclaimed actor Max von Sydow (THE EXORCIST, .. Read more

Starring	Max Von Sydow, Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli
Director	Dario Argento
Genres	Horror, Thriller

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- A disappointing giallo shocker from Dario Argento. Two bravura sequences aside - one a snaking, knee-level pan through... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
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- - 8
  - 1
  Argento shows us why he is Italy's finest
  
  The 1990's wasn't a good decade for Italy's premier horror director. His trip to the USA resulted in a decidedly average film with 'Trauma'... read more »
  
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  - Nick
  - England
  - 23 Sep 2004 at 11:52
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- - 0
  - 0
  One for Argento completists
  
  Despite some rather gruesome kills elevating Sleepless above more mediocre giallo,this film will probably be a disappointment to hardcore Argento fans looking ... read more »
  
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- - Zombi
  - 1 review
  - 09 Apr 2012 at 19:24
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  Sleepless
  
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  It was bit like jack the ripper!! although there were no subs....
  
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  - Yeovil
  - 14 Dec 2009 at 20:41
- - 1
  - 0
  Very disappointing!
  
  Did not rate this film at all but gave it at least 30 minutes and then fast forwarded to the end where we discovered who the killer was and we suspected who it ... read more »
  
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  - Doncaster
  - 06 Jun 2009 at 18:02
- - 0
  - 0
  Sleepless
  
  This does not come into the category of its so bad its good. Its really a waste of time.
  
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- - Pawo
  - 12 reviews
  - Faringdon
  - 23 Apr 2009 at 15:19
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  - 0
  Not bad...
  
  The plot was ok, Max Von Sydow & Stefano Dionisi (quite yummy by the way) were quite good but the rest of the cast sucked. The dubbing was pretty bad as ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 18 Jan 2009 at 14:05
- - 0
  - 0
  Almost... but not quite...
  
  Argento is one of those directors who uses film as an artist would use paints, creating trails and blotches of intense colour (usually blood red). His early (70... read more »
  
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  - Newmarket
  - 12 Nov 2008 at 09:07
- - 0
  - 0
  Not for me
  
  Not a film for me, I really did not like this film, sorry to say. I ended up having it just back ground noise whilst I got on with other stuff, there was blood... read more »
  
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  - Croydon
  - 20 Sep 2008 at 19:56
- - 1
  - 0
  Gutted
  
  i'm a huge argento fan but this was bordering on the very lame, maybe it wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't obvious who the killer was so early ... read more »
  
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- - Erin
  - 10 reviews
  - Nottingham
  - 28 Jul 2008 at 10:36
- - 0
  - 0
  Seen worse!
  
  This is not the best film in the world, but not exactly the worse. The acting is very wooden at times, the killing scenes are comical and the ending was obvious... read more »
  
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- - Igmalian
  - Hull, England
  - 04 Oct 2007 at 11:29
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  Unexpected Return To Form
  
  Dario Argento fans have had it rough since the early 80s, never knowing what is coming next from a man so revered yet so consistently patchy.
  
  The ... read more »
  
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- - Richard King
  - Nottingham
  - 18 Apr 2007 at 17:17
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- - 8
  - 1
  Argento shows us why he is Italy's finest
  
  The 1990's wasn't a good decade for Italy's premier horror director. His trip to the USA resulted in a decidedly average film with 'Trauma'... read more »
  
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  - Nick
  - England
  - 23 Sep 2004 at 11:52
- - 4
  - 1
  Dario Fires On All Cylinders
  
  After losing his way a little in in the late eighties and early nineties by flirting with american funding for his films (Trauma, The Stendhal Syndrome)Dario ... read more »
  
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- - Marc Smith
  - Bishop Auckland
  - 09 Aug 2004 at 10:57
- - 2
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  Argento fans only
  
  Argento fans only for this one. Sleepless is a return to his earlier GIALLO films. Detective mystery stories that were released in yellow jacketed books(GIALLO... read more »
  
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- - David Lewin
  - Liverpool, England.
  - 29 Dec 2004 at 10:58
- - 2
  - 0
  Best supporting actor, the parrot
  
  The blood and gore in this film were fine, Max von Sydow as accomplished as ever, but the main supporting actors, Stefano Dionisi and Chiara Caselli, though ... read more »
  
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- 102918
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  - Salisbury, UK
  - 13 May 2005 at 19:15
- - 1
  - 0
  A Bad Whodunnit, by The Protagonist
  
  Dario Argento fans will be disappointed with this predictable, below average whodunnit. His touch has been murdered, and he's definitely hit the B Movie ... read more »
  
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  - Chelsea, London
  - 05 May 2005 at 12:12
- - 1
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  A waste
  
  Argento's come a long way downhill since his 70's heights of Suspiria. This doesn't bear comparison - it has all the weakness of Italin horror - ... read more »
  
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- - Melon
  - East Sussex
  - 15 May 2005 at 12:07
- - 1
  - 0
  It's clear there's nothing left in Argento
  
  Sleepless starts well enough, and there are flashes of Argento's brilliance of old within the first half of the movie, but countless plot-holes, terrible ... read more »
  
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- - The Dwarf
  - Leeds
  - 13 Sep 2005 at 18:20
- - 1
  - 0
  Whistle while you work
  
  Dario, we need some new material.
  
  I am a huge Argento fan, and whilst I enjoyed parts of this film it does not live up to any of his earlier films.<... read more »
  
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- - Merlin
  - London
  - 28 Dec 2005 at 18:39
- - 1
  - 0
  Gutted
  
  i'm a huge argento fan but this was bordering on the very lame, maybe it wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't obvious who the killer was so early ... read more »
  
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- - Erin
  - 10 reviews
  - Nottingham
  - 28 Jul 2008 at 10:36
- - 1
  - 0
  Very disappointing!
  
  Did not rate this film at all but gave it at least 30 minutes and then fast forwarded to the end where we discovered who the killer was and we suspected who it ... read more »
  
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- 767326
- - a customer
  - Doncaster
  - 06 Jun 2009 at 18:02

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  One of the major innovators of the horror film, Italian director Dario Argento (TENEBRE, SUSPIRIA) was one of the first auteurs to raise the previously dismissed genre to the level of art. Known for his striking visuals and elegant approach to gore and violence, Argento teams up with acclaimed ...