Sleep Furiously
Microcinema International | Release Date: July 29, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallAug 11, 2011
A film that throbs with life while keenly noting its passing, this is an ode to the village that welcomed - and let thrive - the director's refugee parents. Read full review
80
Time OutDavid FearJul 26, 2011
Gideon Koppel's free-form portrait of a Welsh farming community may be the most subtly poetic piece of cine-anthropology to come down the pike in eons. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAug 10, 2011
A lovely film, but maddeningly complacent. Read full review
70
VarietyLeslie FelperinJul 26, 2011
Picture's tone is far more poetic than polemical. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineJoseph Jon LanthierJul 26, 2011
An affectionate, if uncomfortably stagnant, portrait of moribund rural culture. Read full review
60
Village VoiceMichelle OrangeJul 26, 2011
A lingering, mildly lyrical look at village life, Sleep Furiously does for the mobile librarians of Wales what "Sweetgrass" did for the shepherds of Montana. Read full review
50
Boxoffice MagazineVadim RizovJul 28, 2011
Beautifully shot but more than a little sterile. Read full review
50
The New York TimesRachel SaltzJul 28, 2011
Intermittently absorbing, if deliberately stripped of drama. Read full review
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