Sleepwalking in Suburbia

This is the second time I have seen someone get a pulse while wearing gloves. Is that even possible? Don't the director's watch what is going on? I once saw an FBI agent on Missing check for a pulse in the winter while wearing gloves. It is almost as bad as seeing people walking around waving a paper cup of coffee in the air or drinking what is supposed to be a full cup of coffee but the cup is tipped up to their nose because it is really empty. On another police drama I saw a retired detective carrying a box with one hand that was claimed to be full of dishes. What do the director's do? What is the real job of an actor? It only takes one stupid thing in a TV show or movie to ruin the whole thing. The plot of the movie is good and has a nice twist.

I did not expect this movie to be this tense, it should be classified as a thriller, there are definitely a lot of moments that have you on the edge of your seat. I found it interesting how all the married couples in this movie were cold and rude to each other, I guess showing good couples doesn't lend itself to good storytelling. The ending has a very surprising twist, this movie was better than I thought it would be, I think it's worth your time.

This film begins with a young man named "Dan Miller" (Giles Panton) and his wife "Michelle Miller" (Emilie Ullerup) sleeping soundly in their bed late one night. Suddenly, without any warning, Michelle gets up and sleepwalks across the street to the house where a young man by the name of "Luke Williams" (Carlo Marks) lives. Although Luke is surprised when she quietly enters his house, he becomes even more startled when she suddenly unbuckles his pants and initiates sex with him. Then, just as quickly as it began, she walks out of his house and back toward the house where her husband has begun to search the neighborhood for her. It is then revealed that Michelle has walked in her sleep before and each time she doesn't remember anything that transpired during these episodes. That being said, she doesn't remember having sex with Luke either. Luke, on the other hand, remembers everything and has incorrectly come to the conclusion that Michelle is attracted to him. To that effect, since Luke and his wife "Nancy Williams" (Lucie Guest) have been experiencing marital difficulties, he subsequently decides to leave Nancy in order to pursue Michelle instead. Needless to say, Michelle is quite unnerved by his romantic overtures--especially since Dan and Luke work together and are such good friends. Likewise, she has no idea what caused Luke to begin acting this way in the first place. Even worse, she soon discovers that the more she tries to discourage his advances, the more aggressive he becomes--and this soon creates problems for all concerned. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that, although this movie started out quite well, I didn't particularly care for the ending as it simply wasn't very believable. That being said, although I liked the acting of Emilie Ullerup, her performance alone wasn't enough for me to rate this movie any higher than I have. Slightly below average.

The whole story is absolutely stupid and unrealistic and could have been told in 20 minutes. If you see the first and the last 10 minutes you have seen everything. Waste of lifetime.

This movie is not bad at all! I don't think it deserves nearly a 1 star rating. I have seen some really bad Lifetime films and I'm talking about characters walking around in bad wigs, elevator music playing in the background through the entire film and over AND under acting so bad that I've burst out in laughter. Those are the ones that deserve the 1 start rating but I get a kick out of low budget, bad films.

I think this particular movie was pretty good! There were some very annoying parts and I also think the ending should have been extended so we could see the aftermath. But what I like a lot was the setting. The neighborhood was beautiful and so were the homes where most of the film took place. They were nicely decorated, modern and comfortable.

The acting was actually good and natural. I thought the actor that played Luke (Carlos Marks) was just adorable and really fun to watch. The way he'd get excited every time he saw Michelle was really cute and his voice and mannerisms were really cute as well. Emilie Ullerup did great as portraying a sleepwalker distraught about her actions. The married couples acted like they were sick of each other lol. But you could see when Kate and her husband were asleep that they did actually care about each other by how they were cuddled up.

There is one issue I have with the movie. All of the trouble could have been avoided if Michelle would've had a simple conversation with Luke and her husband Dan! Luke didn't know about her condition and when he tries to talk to her about their "moment" she completely freaks out even after she realizes that she in fact did have that moment with him. She treated him like it was his fault. If she had simply explained that she was sleepwalking and brought her husband and had a conversation between the three of them, no one would have had to have gotten hurt.

That's just my opinion. Chaos ensues but I guess there wouldn't be a movie to make if there wasn't some secrets and drama right?

So even though there are irritating moments, they aren't enough to make it unwatchable. It's very pretty aesthetically and the acting is believable.