The Sleeping Dictionary
by Guy Jenkin
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Actor: Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Christopher Ling Lee Ian, Hugh Dancy, Jessica AlbaDirector: Guy Jenkin
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Guy Jenkin
Producer: Chandran Rutnam
Producer: Charles Wang
Producer: Denise O'Donoghue
Producer: Frank Hildebrand
Producer: Jimmy Mulville
Producer: Mark Ordesky
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-02-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: New Line Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Sleeping Dictionary
Movie Review: Review of Sleeping Dictionary
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought this movie was great. Jessica Alba was perfect for the role. I can not imagine anyone that would have been more suited, or done a better job.
The movie was beautiful. The characters were believable for such an unfamliar situaion. The plot was interesting and executed perfectly.
I think Jessica Alba has not been reviewed fairly by establishment critiques. This should put all doubts to rest
Summary of The Sleeping Dictionary
A sexy and comic love story, set in the 1920s, about an idealistic young British colonial officer who arrives in a remote jungle outpost to find himself assigned a local beauty to sleep with him and teach him the language.Don't let the title fool you: The Sleeping Dictionary is the most seductive argument for foreign-language education a boy ever had. Hugh Dancy is a young and idealistic colonial official posted to Britain's deep-jungle Sarawak outpost in 1939, and Jessica Alba (Dark Angel) is the "sleeping dictionary," a sexy tutor who proves that the fastest way to learn a language is through lovemaking. Guy Jenkin trades in old clich?s for new ones in his revision of the exotic old melodramas of forbidden love between handsome colonial men and gorgeous, guileless native girls. Alba's accent slips and slides but she's a sweet, sexy, and beguiling presence, while Bob Hoskins and Brenda Blethyn uphold the all-important appearance of British morality. If you can overlook the contrivances, it makes for a lush romantic fantasy about the triumph of love over the hypocrisy of so-called civilized society. --Sean Axmaker
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