Chasing Sleep
2000 · Movie · R · 104 min · ★ 6.0 · 55% critics
When a sleep-deprived professor wakes to find his wife still missing, a routine night of worry turns into a disorienting search for answers inside his own home. As calls, visitors, and strange incidents pile up, reality starts to feel increasingly uncertain.
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Details
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2001-05-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Critic score
- 55/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (91 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy moody, mind-bending psychological mysteries with a slow unraveling feel, especially if The Ninth Gate or The Mothman Prophecies appeal to you; Not for you if you want clear answers and brisk pacing.
Pros: eerie atmosphere; strong lead performance; intriguing slow-burn mystery | Cons: very slow pacing; confusing dream logic; ambiguous ending
Themes
- nightmare
- police
- professor
- detective
- seattle, washington
- insomnia
- pill
- teacher
- disappearance
- missing person
- phone call
Cast & crew
Jeff Daniels
as Ed Saxon
Molly Price
as Susie
Gil Bellows
as Detective Derm
Emily Bergl
as Sadie
Ben Shenkman
as Officer Stewart
Julian McMahon
as George
Zach Grenier
as Geoffrey
- GS
Guy Sanville
as Doctor
Dennis North
as Detective Mazurek
Patrick Moug
as Detective Snyder
Directed by Michael Walker