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Product Description Moving but not maudlin, this "indie gem" (New York Times) stars the ever-radiant Jacqueline Bisset (The Deep) and Martha Plimpton (Beautiful Girls) as an estranged mother and daughter. Subtle acting, plausible dialogue and a story of how time and trust can heal wounded feelings make this a most deserving Sundance Film Festival contender. 94 min. .com With The Sleepy Time Gal, nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at 2001's Sundance Film Festival, Christopher Munch gave Jacqueline Bisset the same gift François Ozon gave Charlotte Rampling with Under the Sand--the role of a lifetime. The film is set in the 1980s, with Bisset playing Frances, writer, former DJ ("The Sleepy Time Gal"), and mother of two sons (In the Bedroom's Nick Stahl is Morgan). She's also mother to Rebecca (Martha Plimpton), who was given up for adoption--the result of an affair with Bob (Seymour Cassel) in the 1950s. When Frances is diagnosed with cancer, she decides to tie up loose ends and visits him for the first time in 30 years. Rebecca has also reached an impasse in life and decides to make a change--by seeking out her birth mother. The Sleepy Time Gal is about connections--and how the attempt to establish them can sometimes be enough. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
P**K
Good DVD.
Great movie. Disc in very good condition and quick shipping. Thank you!
C**S
The Sleepy Time Gal
Wonderful film. Jacqueline Bisset gives a stellar performance. Nick Stahl's character is also poignant. I feel the film merited more acclaim.
E**N
A different movie, exploring one's self
This is a movie that should only be viewed if you are ready to experience sadness in the examination of parental and personal relationships --- none of the relationships here are happy, and each has its secrets and disconnections. It expresses the sadness of a mother --- who has given up her daughter, acknowleging that she has missed many of the important life events of her daughter ---. I am an adoptee and recently united with my birth family who found me, in ways I could relate to the characters, but in other ways, I could not. However, it is well-worth watching, if you are willing to watch a drama that has a dark side.
R**A
Another death in middle age movie?
Full of middle age flashbacks in an intergenerational interaction of a Latin Christian Scientist, her 60's Liberal daughter and the adopted child searching for her roots.Her roots are dying of cancer and was radio's " Sleepy Time Gal" disc-jocky.I really didn't like the movie, but the acting is pretty good, the story very humane.
L**E
Five Stars
Excellent A+++
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