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While You Were Sleeping
Lonely transit worker Lucy Eleanor Moderatz pulls her longtime crush from the path of an oncoming train. At the hospital, Lucy pretends to be engaged to the unconscious man but can't fool his brother.
5 October 1923, Pretoria, South Africa
18 October 1935, Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
8 February 1930, Chicago, Illinois, USA
28 May 1979, Brooklyn, New York, USA
21 October 1957, Cornwall, New York, USA
27 November 1960, Tappan, New York, USA
December 04, 2013
It's a long and frustrating wait, but While You Were Sleeping delivers all you can ask of a romantic comedy: the deluxe payoff.
September 07, 2011
Bullock just about knocks herself exhausted being winsome and lovable.
December 04, 2013
A cute premise with engaging leads but little else to keep you awake.
December 04, 2013
This setup is ludicrous, but actually it's the most credible thing in this whole sorry, dishonest film.
December 04, 2013
The movie seems better suited to a holiday release. While You Were Sleeping arrives at the peak of spring, the only season that can make Christmas seem like an unwelcome visitor.
December 12, 2014
The heart of the film's charm is Sandra Bullock.
December 04, 2013
Compared to While You Were Sleeping, even the half-baked scenario of the Marisa Tomei-Robert Downey Jr. romance Only You looks witty and inventive.
December 04, 2013
While You Were Sleeping may not be a film for the ages. It likely won't even rank among the presummer season's biggest hits. But it is worth noting, for it may mark the birth of a star.
December 04, 2013
It's Bullock's first shot at a role in which she plays second fiddle neither to males nor special effects. And she turns out to be every bit as delightful as anyone might have expected.
December 04, 2013
It plays like a movie dreamed up by people in a studio marketing department who'd decided to bare their souls.
December 04, 2013
[Bullock] knows one of the secrets of doing romantic comedy: treating the romance as a good joke.
December 12, 2014
It's practically certain to lull moviegoers into a pleasant state of dreamy bliss.