TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh

Stanford's script is painfully obvious, right down to the line of dialogue spelling out the title's significance.

Film Threat

It’s a shame that this film’s star-studded cast wasn’t able to save the mediocre storyline.

USA Today by Claudia Puig

Portentous and dull, the film features one of the worst over-the-top performances by Dennis Hopper, who plays an abusive father.

The A.V. Club by Nathan Rabin

Well-intentioned to a fault, Sleepwalking blurs the line between dramatizing free-floating misery and spreading it.

Variety by Ronnie Scheib

The overly simplistic script by Zac Stanford (“The Chumscrubber”) hits nothing but high notes, making the whole dramatically less than the sum of its parts.

The Hollywood Reporter

Even if the movie takes you to some dark places you would rather not visit, at least you will remember the actors who navigate the tortured journey.

Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips

Despite honorable work from Theron, Robb and Stahl, Sleepwalking makes good on its title in a not-so-good way.

Washington Post by Ann Hornaday

An inert, sloppily written melodrama as grim and featureless as its frozen Midwestern setting.

Village Voice

Theron and Woody Harrelson provide vitality against the film's heavy load, but they aren't around long enough to keep it from collapsing under its own portentous weight.

Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

A soporific dud, which should have been tossed out of Sundance.