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movie review - While You Were Sleeping

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 1999.10.24

This is a romantic comedy set up when the female lead saves the brother of the male lead from being crushed by a train. She'd had a crush on the male lead, seeing him daily as a commuter from her vantage point of a fare collector. It's a little dated in the sense that transit has been under furious assault for generations now and most people wouldn't consider anything but their Ford Explorer for a commute. But it's entertaining in a non-offensive Hollywood way and has enough to it that it's not just a slog. Plus, female lead is played by the infectious Sandra Bullock.

Recommended.

rand()m quote

On the endless saga of Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto; "It shouldn't have had to come to this. I'm so tired of getting up every morning and wondering, 'What will it be today?' I'm so tired of giving the benefit of the doubt again and again, only to be let down again and again.... Somewhere a responsible adult has to appear, draw a bright moral line, tell the truth and say unequivocally what won't be tolerated. Somebody has to do the right thing."

—Denzil Minnan-Wong