In Their Sleep (2010)

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Blistering performances.

After coming home from work, a troubled woman meets a stranger frantically trying to escape from a deranged serial killer and soon becomes entangled in a deadly, violent game with the killer now targeting her as well as someone who can't be trusted with what their saying.This isn't all that great of an entry, especially since this one tends to really meander around all over the place with the incredibly illogical manner of featuring back-story segments within the main storyline, making everything so jumbled around and hard to really understand that there's almost no way of ensuring that the film is coherent in any way. As the main plot-point here isn't all that great to start with, and tends to be incredibly predictable anyway, that just leaves an even more-pronounced sour feeling with the film. While the twists and turns do give it somewhat of a watchable-feeling as it goes along, that there's not a lot of other elements to keep it interesting are a major downfall, although several scenes are enjoyable enough and provide enough action and suspense to not make it a total loss, but it is a flawed experience overall.Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language, Violence and Brief Full Nudity.

Within the first 15mins i knew exactly what was really going on and as the film progresses you will too if you haven't figured it out. While it may be easy to guess the movie was still pretty good. It's by no means worthy of other French horror like High Tension but worth a watch....once. The actress playing Sarah gives an excellent performance and it's the main reason to watch. If there's nothing better on, give this a shot. It's great for those who enjoy foreign horror and a little blood. In closing, the main actress and seeing how everything turns out make the movie tolerable. It is by no means the worst film i've seen ;) oh and ladies if you like french guys then there's a little bum bonus....although it's not at all what you're thinking. Let's just say, don't sleep in the nude because you never know where the night will take you.

i saw this on IFC on demand over my brother's house, and he had made the mistake of watching the preview they have for all of their films. i didn't watch the preview for it so it didn't ruin the film for me, but he said it gave away too much and ruined the mystery element for him, so don't watch the preview. It was a good thriller, not ground-breaking, but it surprised me, and that's what thrillers are supposed to do. AP is starting to age, and she is featured w/out make-up in most scenes, except for the beginning, to reflect her horrible state of mind. She does have a "wasted" look about her without make-up, and there's a good reason why they chose her for "Dead Girl" about ten years ago. *****Spoiler****At the end of the film, she is out of it that it's almost an act of mercy when the other main character slits her throat. So if you're looking for a good thriller with plenty of AP in extremis, this one's for you.

Few horror/thriller films can surprise nowadays. I started watching Dans ton sommeil without any foreknowledge and still managed to be always ahead of the story.The plot is simple, the characters we have seen in countless similar genre movies. There is a twist of some sorts around halfway of the story but it's something at least half a dozen films have employed recently, if not more, indie and mainstream thrillers alike. With all these familiar elements I just can't fathom why the filmmakers bother at all.Directing is okay, as is cinematography. Acting is great throughout, Anne Parillaud excels as tormented mother Sarah. Arthur Dupont brings out the best of the role he is given. Again - their efforts serve a pedestrian story.Clearly, there is real talent involved in the making of this film. Like so often, it's the way too predictable script that makes the whole experience less than worthwhile. Even with a blissfully brief running time it's a strain to sit through. Once you figure out what's going on, everything happens just the way you'd expect from a European film of this genre.