Fresh
Sleep Dealer is flawed, but still vibrant and inventive. Whether he finds larger budgets or keeps doing movie like this, Rivera is definitely a filmmaker to follow.
Peter Hartlaub, Houston Chronicle
Sleep Dealer
Crossing the border just got easier. Plug into the new American dream.
2008 · 1h 30m · PG-13
Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Alex Rivera
Overview
Set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology.
Director and cast
- Alex Rivera Director
- Leonor Varela as Luz Martínez
- Jacob Vargas as Rudy
- Luis Fernando Peña as Memo
- Metztli Adamina as Dolores Cruz
- José Concepción Macías as Miguel Cruz
- Tenoch Huerta Mejía as David Cruz
- Giovanna Zacarías as Bertha
- Gregg Lucas as Drones TV Host
- Martín Palomares Cast
- Sean Garnhart Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
73%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Alex Rivera's overstuffed but intriguing feature debut, Sleep Dealer, takes a speculative leap into Tijuana's near future, imagining the next evolution of cheap labor.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
Clearly, Rivera knows one of the great gifts of the sci-fi genre. An uncanny world invites new ways of seeing. It offers new chances to ask the hard -- and too often, hardened -- questions.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh
The combination of rusty amateurism, future technology, and clear-and-present politics creates a trippy time-space kick: This dusty little movie feels like yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Fresh
Adventurous, ambitious and ingeniously futuristic, Sleep Dealer is a welcome surprise.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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