Sleepwalk with Me (2012)

Sleepwalk with Me: Directed by Mike Birbiglia, Seth Barrish. With Mike Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, James Rebhorn, Carol Kane. A burgeoning stand-up comedian struggles with the stress of a stalled career, a stale relationship, and the wild spurts of severe sleepwalking he is desperate to ignore.

“I saw this movie because I heard about it from Joss Whedonu0026#39;s u0026quot;boycott.u0026quot; Before I sat down to watch it I glanced at the IMDb rate of 6.7, so I figured take it in on my day off while at home on netflix with nothing else to do. It turned out I loved it. The film follows Matt as he attempts to break into stand up comedy and juggle a relationship with his girlfriend of 8 years, as well as cope with some extreme bouts of sleepwalking. Now this is listed as a comedy, but itu0026#39;s not like comedies that other comedians put out, like Will Ferrell, and I wonder if thatu0026#39;s part of the reason for the low ranking. Really the story is a serious one but told in a lighthearted but honest way.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf there were some downsides they would be first that, visually itu0026#39;s nothing special, it looks good but not great. Second, is not so much a downside for me as it would be for what I assume it was for some of the people who gave it negative reviews, (indeed I did see people cite this very reason in their reviews) and that is the ending. The film follows the typical film plot structure up to a point and then it strays from what most people would see as typical. I wonu0026#39;t spoil anything but I will say this, I was surprised but then again it makes you think. And that is where it really knocked it out of the park for me. I was a little miffed at first but, the film then leaves you with a thought, which made me re-think the movie and it all came together.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI donu0026#39;t think the average movie goer wants to have a revelation at the end of a movie unless that revelation was u0026quot;It was all a dream(or was it?)u0026quot; or u0026quot;He was dead the whole time.u0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll in all, the movie is an honest, lighthearted look at an event from Mike Birbigliau0026#39;s life. A movie that will make you laugh at least a little bit, and you might even take something away from it. If you JUST want to laugh, well go watch the latest Will Ferrell movie.”