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Sleep with Me (1994)

Sleep with Me poster
Directed by
Rory Kelly
Genre
comedy drama, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
R
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 99 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three close friends get tangled in a love triangle when one marries another. The unspoken feelings and shifting relationships play out in a series of scenes written by different screenwriters.

lightheartedwhimsicaltalkymelancholicoffbeatninetiesbittersweetsarcastic

What happens

Sleep with Me is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Rory Kelly and starring Meg Tilly, Eric Stoltz and Craig Sheffer, who play good friends who become involved in a love triangle, a relationship complicated by the marriage of Tilly's and Stoltz's characters. It also features Parker Posey, Joey Lauren Adams, and a cameo by Quentin Tarantino, in which he expounds on the homoerotic subtext of Top Gun to Todd Field. Six different writers wrote a scene each about the arc and development of the relation between the protagonists, including Kelly. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. The film was a Gala Presentation at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival. *This Film preceded her Role as 'Lynn' in the Comedy Film "The Wrong Guy" in which Starred: Dave Foley, David Higgins, Meg & was Directed by David Steinberg. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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