veo True: the atmosphere of the movie is great, while Jeff Daniels is an tremendous actor. But.. why would someone go through the heavy work of making such a good-looking movie, if it doesn't really have a point? Daniels' character is clearly going through a nervous breakdown; it's possible that he had killed his wife, or maybe she had left him and he imagines a revenge. So what? This ambiguity it's been done a thousand times. If you watch the movie trying to find out what happened, but in the end the director/writer doesn't let you find out what happened, it's not "artsy", it's gross cheating. So it's a movie for those moviegoers who don't care they will not have an answer; they are happy with the atmosphere, they don't need closure. But for the people who need an explanation, because that explanation would give the movie a reason to exist, it's a pretentious fail.

johnny-08 "Chasing Sleep" is just another ordinary thriller and that's all. Nothing special but it has some good qualities. I just don't understand why this movie is referred as horror/thriller. What is scary in this movie? When I watch movies like this I always think of "Secret Window" with Johnny Depp and then I realize how good that movie really is. I just cannot compare "Chasing Sleep" with "Secret Window".Plot is about man who wakes up in his house and realizes that his wife didn't came to dinner. After while he decides to contact police in order to find her.There aren't many characters in this movie and whole movie is happening in house. It has that slow rhythm and it isn't interesting in all parts. Jeff Daniels is good in his role but he obviously cannot act like Johnny Depp and hold the whole movie on his back. Other actors are all from B list of actors who aren't stars but they do their job solid. Especially is good to see Julian McMahon because he acts perfectly in Nip/Tuck. I didn't like few parts of movie because I think that script in some parts isn't written good. Like that student character. She enters suddenly and goes out of the movie the same way she entered. Another thing I didn't like is that I knew how everything is going to end after 20 minutes of the film.Like I said before, ordinary thriller that can be done thousand times again but still with same effect. OK movie, but nothing more.

subzerobob This is yet another movie that I picked up from the .99c store. It is good, but it is not up to the level of movies such as "What Lies Beneath" even though it is in the same genre - psychological thriller. In its defense, I would say that I would much rather watch "Chasing Sleep" than "What Lies Beneath." (I have a problem with "major release" films that are specifically targeted towards broad audiences, done through immense advertising and artificially created hypes - only to capitalize on the week minds and weekend box office sales). But I guess one of the best movies, in this genre, that is superior to all of the ones mentioned above, and the one that I would enjoy watching the most, will be "Secret Window." But going back to commenting on "Chasing Sleep." It should be noted that there is a border line of making movies inexpensively, and dirt cheap. And this movie almost crossed it. It shouldn't really cost that much since it is stationed only on a couple of locations. But maybe paying off the actors significantly decremented the balance sheets. I guess what I am trying to say is that there should have been a little bit more money spend on locations and perhaps trying to show some of the action in other means - much like it is done in "Secret Window - where we see the character talking to himself, or to the air, etc. There are a few known names in this movie. However, there is only one actor that is great in this movie and that is Jeff Daniels, everyone else gives mediocre performances. The director has done a fine job with what it is. Particularly there are several very interesting techniques, which he used to build the psychological profile or maybe even the schizophrenic atmosphere. As a matter of fact those techniques are so well done and used, that they could easily end up in movie books. However, at the end of day, I can still see him saying "it is what it is," and retire to bed with a glass of whiskey. The plot is tough, just as you would expect. Just don't get high, thinking it is the only way you could understand it. Or maybe this genre targets that specific purpose? Just like X rated movies target… you know what… I don't think we are supposed to understand it, otherwise we would know everything about the conscious and there will be no more crazy people. Then everything will become boring. In the mean time - if you are bored, pick this up for a little mind puzzle. Don't worry - the IMDb message boards have plenty of discussion boards that will help you to form you own opinion about what happened. And that is - without the worthless need to use drugs. The moral of the story is - stay drug free! And for that (and for the amazing camera/sound techniques) I give it 6 out of 10.

Earlog This is not a good movie to watch while waiting for your wife to come home late.. When my wife did came home she turned off the TV, so the ending was cut off, unfortunately.That said, Jeff Daniels does a very credible work as an actor in the movie. One can almost believe him as an insomniac professor who is just worried about his wife.Personally, I liked the girl who played the student (Emily Bergl I think). Her earnest acting showed through. Rest of the cast were nothing special.7/10, especially worth watching if you are not married.