...an increasingly compelling and charming romantic comedy...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 11, 2021

Rom Com / screwball comedy perfection.

| Apr 13, 2021

Like most American romantic comedies, this is all heart and no head, but it does have a habit of sneaking in some intriguing twists and turns when you least expect it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 11, 2020

Bullock gives Lucy just the right amount of edge. Pullman's performance as Peter's down-to-earth younger brother is also a deft mix of moxie and frustration.

| May 5, 2020

I don't buy it, and it's the kind of plot that genuinely leaves me cold.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 27, 2019

The script is actually really solid and the performances are so likable.

| Jun 18, 2019

It's practically certain to lull moviegoers into a pleasant state of dreamy bliss.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 12, 2014

The heart of the film's charm is Sandra Bullock.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 12, 2014

[Bullock] knows one of the secrets of doing romantic comedy: treating the romance as a good joke.

| Dec 4, 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.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 4, 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.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 4, 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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 4, 2013

This setup is ludicrous, but actually it's the most credible thing in this whole sorry, dishonest film.

| Dec 4, 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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 4, 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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 4, 2013

A cute premise with engaging leads but little else to keep you awake.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 4, 2013

It plays like a movie dreamed up by people in a studio marketing department who'd decided to bare their souls.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 4, 2013

What the movie does offer is a delectable performance by Bullock, who is funny and vulnerable and almost makes you buy her character's diving into this charade.

Full Review | Dec 4, 2013

This smartly scripted Cinderella love story is crammed with charm and the expert direction of Jon Turteltaub hits all the right emotional buttons.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 4, 2013

This year's Sleepless In Seattle. Only better.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 5, 2012