A great concept wasted. The premise is simple, some cosmic event happens, and no one can sleep anymore. Well almost no one. Along with the unraveling of humanity we have the story of an estranged mother trying to save her children, one of whom is able to sleep. The film is competently shot and I found most of the performances adequate. Gina Rodriquez is solid enough, and I was happy to see Jennifer Jason Leigh, who unfortunately only has a minor role.
The film really falls apart on the screenplay level. Mainly because there is almost no consistency in the scenario. Our main character already started 12-24 hours less sleep than most people, and she frankly never really seems to that much acuity. I mention this because there is almost no consistency with how people fall apart. One day without sleep and a law enforcement officer is willing to execute someone, and people are considering sacrificing a child. It just does not parse.
While some reviewers found the film boring, I did not. I thought the scenario was interesting enough to see it through. When we are talking about consistency this really comes to a head at the end. We spend all of this time watching society and people unravel, it is all fairly dark. Have no worries though, NONE of our protagonists die, but even better they basically fall upon a solution that should have been discovered when the first person somewhere was revived.
A missed opportunity sadly. If the idea of a world where no can sleep intrigues you, but you want a scifi/horror film with a happy ending, well this is the film for you.
The film really falls apart on the screenplay level. Mainly because there is almost no consistency in the scenario. Our main character already started 12-24 hours less sleep than most people, and she frankly never really seems to that much acuity. I mention this because there is almost no consistency with how people fall apart. One day without sleep and a law enforcement officer is willing to execute someone, and people are considering sacrificing a child. It just does not parse.
While some reviewers found the film boring, I did not. I thought the scenario was interesting enough to see it through. When we are talking about consistency this really comes to a head at the end. We spend all of this time watching society and people unravel, it is all fairly dark. Have no worries though, NONE of our protagonists die, but even better they basically fall upon a solution that should have been discovered when the first person somewhere was revived.
A missed opportunity sadly. If the idea of a world where no can sleep intrigues you, but you want a scifi/horror film with a happy ending, well this is the film for you.