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To Sleep with Anger
1990 1h 41m PG
Drama
7.2
89%
79%
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A charismatic old acquaintance drifts into town, stirring up trouble for a mild-mannered family.
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Directed By
Charles Burnett
Written By
Charles Burnett
Studio
SVS Films
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Samuel Goldwyn Company
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Cast of To Sleep with Anger
Danny Glover
Harry
Paul Butler
Gideon
Mary Alice
Suzie
Richard Brooks
Samuel “Babe Brother”
Carl Lumbly
Junior
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Linda
Vonetta McGee
Pat
Ethel Ayler
Hattie
Julius Harris
Herman
Sy Richardson
Marsh
Davis Roberts
Okra Tate
DeForest Covan
Fred Jenkins
DeVaughn Nixon
Sunny
Reina King
Rhonda
Cory Curtis
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Paula Bellamy
Mrs. Baker
Wonderful Smith
Preacher
Jimmy Witherspoon
Percy
To Sleep with Anger Reviews
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
an exemplary drama that reveals more and more narrative, emotional, and thematic layers each time you see it
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
What should be a coiled film, exploding at the end, is one where the final act releases our impatience rather than our tension. There are some good things in this movie, and too much time in between them.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
Burnett employs a lyrical shooting style that aptly fits the material.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Burnett's direction is so subtle and graceful that To Sleep with Anger eschews any such labels as being a supernatural movie or a horror movie.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
Charles Burnett bridges theatrical dialogue, portentous omens, and presentational acting with masterful grace.
Metro
Matt Prigge
Subtle and quietly powerful - partly novelistic, partly poetic
New Yorker
Richard Brody
Danny Glover stars in Charles Burnett's mood-rich blend of family discord and resurgent mythology.
Village Voice
Melissa Anderson
One of the finest films to explore city versus country, old ways versus new, kin versus kin.
New Yorker
Michael Sragow
Burnett and his cast tap depths of mystery, soulfulness, and glee.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
It's a very entertaining, complex film, a comedy of unusual substance that also manages to keep the audience in suspense as to when the comedy might dissolve into some kind of vicious melodrama.
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
Though it's extremely slow going at times, "To Sleep With Anger" offers a universal look at familial dynamics, articulated from a uniquely black, warmly poetic perspective.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Burnett's acute and sensitive direction is free of hackneyed movie conventions; even something as simple as a hello is said differently from the way you've heard it in any other movie.
Patheos
Eve Tushnet
A strange film which I think would reward rewatching.
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Charles Mudede
The greatest film made by a black American...
Nick's Flick Picks
Nick Davis
A poetic and consistently surprising comedy-drama that is clearly a pet project for all its participants.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
An odd little movie -- and a bit too leisurely paced -- that was largely overlooked on its original release.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
If Killer of Sheep is Burnett's masterpiece, this film, an odd combination of drama, comedy, and irony, well-acted by Danny Glover, is his most accessible picture.
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