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.
Sleepwalking
Canada, United States · 2008
Rated R · 1h 41m
Director William Maher
Starring Nick Stahl, AnnaSophia Robb, Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson
Genre Drama
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When her boyfriend is arrested for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy and her 11-year-old daughter, Tara, take refuge with Joleen's aimless brother, James. Joleen soon runs off with a truck driver, and James is unable to meet his responsibilities. After Child Protective Services takes possession of Tara, James abducts her from a foster home, and the two travel from California to Utah, where his abusive father lives.
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What are critics saying?
Washington Post by Ann Hornaday
An inert, sloppily written melodrama as grim and featureless as its frozen Midwestern setting.
Portentous and dull, the film features one of the worst over-the-top performances by Dennis Hopper, who plays an abusive father.
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.
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.
Well-intentioned to a fault, Sleepwalking blurs the line between dramatizing free-floating misery and spreading it.
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
A soporific dud, which should have been tossed out of Sundance.
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.
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