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
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: NTSC
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
DVD Reviews of The Sleeping Dictionary
DVD Review: Hugh Dancy creates high expectations for girls to have...
Summary: 4 Stars
I admit it, I am secretly in love with Hugh Dancy and he is one of the sole reasons I rented this movie. I also enjoy Jessica Alba's acting but my primary reasoning was to see a movie in which Hugh Dancy was the lead. Right away I was drawn into this movie, sometimes I don't understand why certain movies are direct to DVD films and this is one of them. The acting is great, Jessica and Hugh have great chemistry, the setting is beautiful and the storyline is very star-crossed lover based. At first Hugh's character wants nothing to do with Jessica's character, he doesn't believe in their traditions, thinks himself a proper gentleman and Jessica Alba's character finds him to be ignorant and their is mutual distain for one another. But of course as he learns from her he falls in love with her and vice versa. As in all good love stories they are forbidden to be together. I really liked this movie being a romantic at heart and I will be soon adding this movie to my collection.DVD Review: Truly romantic!
Summary: 5 Stars
I netflixed this movie before I bought it because of the negative Amazon reviews and it is worth the buy. A truly romantic movie...you won't be disappointed. DVD Review: Sleeping Dictionary
Summary: 5 Stars
Sleeping Dictionary is an excellent movie. It evokes powerful feelings for people on both sides of the issue and really makes you think about the things so-called civilized people do in the name of "progress".DVD Review: Interesting Story
Summary: 4 Stars
If you like a romance that involves two absolutely different cultures and includes some true to life twist, try this movie.DVD Review: very good movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought this was a very good movie. Well written - several plot turns I wasn't expecting. Jessica is great in this movie. She has a ton of talent. She puts her heart and soul into what she does, and I think this film gave her more to work with than some of her roles in movies based on comic books.
Description of The Sleeping Dictionary
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 AxmakerGeneral DVDs
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