Movie Review

Too Much Sleep (2001)

Reviewed by Ty Burr | Apr 06, 2001
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Limited Release: Mar 23, 2001; Rated: Unrated; Length: 80 Minutes; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery and Thriller; With: Pasquale Gaeta and Marc Palmieri; Distributor: Shooting Gallery

This low-budget suburban fable about an overgrown slacker boy (Marc Palmieri) and his pilgrim's progress toward manhood will ring familiar to fans of Hal Hartley, but writer-director David Maquiling has a gentler touch. By the climactic scene, in which the hero drubs a loser version of himself silly with a giant pink kiddie baseball bat, Too Much Sleep has achieved a mood of lovely, comic aplomb.

Originally posted Apr 06, 2001 Published in issue #590 Apr 06, 2001 Order article reprints
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