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...them the truth: that she's just a girl who works in a change booth on the Chicago El who never had the gumption to speak to him when he bought his tokens from her every morning. Luckily, the family harbors an authentic prince, Peter's brother Jack (Bill Pullman), whose initial suspicion of Lucy is, of course, the harbinger of true love...
...While You Were Sleeping" is a fairy tale starring Sandra Bullock as the princess, Peter Gallager as the sleeping prince and Bill Pullman as the man Bullock eventually discovers is her true love. Bullock plays a token taker on the Chicago El who, while admiring Gallager from afar, has never spoken to him. She saves Gallager's life in an accident that leaves him temporarily in a coma. His family, clustered around his bedside, mistakes Bullock for his fiance (a fiction she encourages) and we're off in a movie thatTIME movie reviewer Richard Schickelsays recaptures the true spirit...
Starring Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, and Peter Gallagher...
While Peter is comatose, Lucy is warmly accepted by Peter's family. She is unwilling to tell the truth concerning her non-existent engagement, and promptly falls for Peter's conveniently conscious, cute and single brother, Jack. (Bill Pullman). When Peter eventually wakes up, he is amnesiatic, convinced that Lucy really is his fiancée. Soon enough Peter's real fiancée shows up and the ensuing hijinx are anything but hilarious...
Sometimes, talented actors can redeem a poorly conceived movie from complete failure--no such luck this time. The characters prove so stereotypical and shallow that even earnest attempts from usually likable actors like Bullock and Pullman fall flat...