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[16+] Sleeping Beauty
An undergrad turns into a specialty sex laborer for a top-end brothel where clients pay to caress her while she rests.
2 June 1971, Auckland, New Zealand
1943, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
7 December 1988, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
24 July 1948, Billericay, Essex, England, UK
16 February 1970, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
1 March 1993, Australia
6 March 1987, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
May 30, 2013
Wallows in the mud as a sicko exploitation pic.
December 04, 2011
Though Julia Leigh's surprisingly dull debut is meant to present the mysteries of a troubled young woman, you're more likely to wonder why its star, Emily Browning, is drawn to such demeaning roles.
December 09, 2011
Eros snores.
June 20, 2013
She spends much of the movie baring her fascinatingly underdeveloped body; her vagina is her temple. There's no graphic sex, but its intimations are anything but sexy.
July 01, 2013
Even if the film's final chapter seems far too on point, if not glib, the filmmaker continues to mine complicated psychological terrain with a clear-eyed stringency.
October 17, 2013
[The] movie trades in ambiguity and uncomfortable awkwardness, the often hypnotising trance it emits is a fascinating sight to witness.
December 09, 2011
A fascinating, erotically charged mystery.
June 23, 2013
It's so sterile and clinical and emotionless that making a film about the emotionlessness of sex has become more of a cliche than just good ole Cinemax softcore porn.
December 09, 2011
Leigh, impressively for a first-time filmmaker, has a distinct and confident approach.
December 08, 2011
It's a story told in quiet rooms and hushed voices - except for one devastating scream near the end - and it's ultimately a horror story, though one completely free of blood and gore.
January 12, 2012
[An] arty exploitation pic passed off as a feminist parable...
June 29, 2014
It's difficult to fault the film's artistry and its originality.

