Before it goes down in a soggy mess of scary movie cliches and insultingly stupid plot contrivances, director and co-writer Nick Willing's adaptation of Madison Smartt Bell's novel
Dr. Sleep gets in some good, seriously creepy licks. Fleeing personal and professional demons back in the U.S., high-strung hypnotherapist Michael Strother (Goran Visnjic) has relocated his pregnant wife (Miranda Otto) and their young daughter (Lauren Gabrielle Volpert) to London and established a lucrative but unlicensed practice, using guided imagery to help smokers kick the habit. One of his nicotine addicts, police detective Janet Losey (Shirley Henderson), recognizes his singul...
Released:
2002
Rated:
R
Length:
108 mins