Synopsis
A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.
Your Movie Library
Cast
- Mike BirbigliaMatt
- Lauren AmbroseAbby
- James RebhornFrank
- Carol KaneLinda
- Cristin MiliotiJanet
- Aya CashHannah
- Marylouise BurkeAunt Lucille
- Loudon Wainwright IIIUncle Max
- Ben LevinPhilip
- Henry PhillipsHenry
Recommendations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
Lauren Ambrose is lovely as the girlfriend he's a fool to lose but seems intent on losing anyhow. - 83
IndieWire
Sleepwalk With Me calls to mind Judd Apatow's "Funny People" for its focus on the eccentric, obsessive nature of the wannabe comic's mind. - 80
Time Out
It's a comedy about the unchecked id; indeed, there's sleepwalking in it. But will those grunting strolls happen through a second-story window or on the highway? You're left cringing, and that puts Birbiglia in excellent company, alone though he might be in bed. - 75
The A.V. Club
As charming as it is winningly modest, but it's so incredibly slight a stiff wind would knock it into a different hemisphere. - 75
The Playlist
Fans of Birbiglia should be easily entertained, and with a little luck, it will only earn this particular loveable neurotic a few more of those. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Much of the best comedy derives from personal pain, and comic turned filmmaker Mike Birbiglia deftly transposes his stand-up routine to the big screen. - 70
Variety
An endearing indie feature about the day-to-day indecisions and nocturnal perambulations of a commitment-phobic New Yorker. - 63
Slant Magazine
The funny thing about the movie isn't its failure-to-launch humor, but the weird mess of life that rushes in despite it.
