"Light Sleeper" tells of a burned out on-call Manhattan, NY drug dealer (Dafoe) with an upscale clientele who works for a woman (Sarandon) who dreams of going legit with a cosmetics business. This film is earnest in its attempt to tell a plaintive story about a man stuck between a junkie's history and a job with no future. However, "Light Sleeper" is also fitfully hokey in its presentation which is bland, stagey, contrived and doesn't provide a solid forum for its character-driven tale. Worth a look for fans of the players and those who haven't yet had their fill of flicks about the recreational nose candy business. (B-)
Review of Light Sleeper
