True: the atmosphere of the movie is great, while Jeff Daniels is an tremendous actor. But.. why would someone go through the heavy work of making such a good-looking movie, if it doesn't really have a point? Daniels' character is clearly going through a nervous breakdown; it's possible that he had killed his wife, or maybe she had left him and he imagines a revenge. So what? This ambiguity it's been done a thousand times. If you watch the movie trying to find out what happened, but in the end the director/writer doesn't let you find out what happened, it's not "artsy", it's gross cheating. So it's a movie for those moviegoers who don't care they will not have an answer; they are happy with the atmosphere, they don't need closure. But for the people who need an explanation, because that explanation would give the movie a reason to exist, it's a pretentious fail.

I'm glad that the publisher finally decided to release a Region 2. It's bizarre to me that it took until 2012 for a DVD release, and I hope it doesn't take another 10 for a bluray.I saw this film on Sky around 10 years ago, at around 4/5am during my insomniac period, which of course is very fitting for this film. The way it played on the psychology of sleeplessness, and the way that fantasy (and therefore horror) and the loneliness of existing during a time where you feel most detached, was very well orchestrated. It's a simple film, and probably doesn't help explain the condition to those not fully aware of what it's like not to sleep for an extended period of time, but I feel that this movie was made for insomniacs. This is my favourite Jeff Bridges role, and I am looking forward to watching the director's upcoming works.For those that enjoy this movie I recommended the following films: Bringing Out The Dead, Cash Back, The Machinist, Insomnia, Fight Club, Donnie Darko.

"Chasing Sleep" is just another ordinary thriller and that's all. Nothing special but it has some good qualities. I just don't understand why this movie is referred as horror/thriller. What is scary in this movie? When I watch movies like this I always think of "Secret Window" with Johnny Depp and then I realize how good that movie really is. I just cannot compare "Chasing Sleep" with "Secret Window".Plot is about man who wakes up in his house and realizes that his wife didn't came to dinner. After while he decides to contact police in order to find her.There aren't many characters in this movie and whole movie is happening in house. It has that slow rhythm and it isn't interesting in all parts. Jeff Daniels is good in his role but he obviously cannot act like Johnny Depp and hold the whole movie on his back. Other actors are all from B list of actors who aren't stars but they do their job solid. Especially is good to see Julian McMahon because he acts perfectly in Nip/Tuck. I didn't like few parts of movie because I think that script in some parts isn't written good. Like that student character. She enters suddenly and goes out of the movie the same way she entered. Another thing I didn't like is that I knew how everything is going to end after 20 minutes of the film.Like I said before, ordinary thriller that can be done thousand times again but still with same effect. OK movie, but nothing more.

IMHO, I think a lot of people have missed the point to this movie. What it's really about is how much trouble you can get in if you don't take care of your plumbing properly. Remember that Eve comments in her diary that Ed has been acting strangely for quite a while - this is clearly due to the unbearable burden of his plumbing problems which he is not able to handle, and which eventually drive him crazy. The murder of his wife, her unborn child, all the hallucinations, and finally the attempted suicide with all those pills - all because he didn't consult a licensed plumber in time. And on one level, of course, Ed knows this, and it is his tremendous guilt at not taking proper care of his pipes that drives him over the edge. He even anthropomorphizes his plumbing, resulting in all that blood pouring out of everywhere. (This analysis may even give one reason to reevaluate what's really happening in "The Shining".) Never have I seen a movie that so effectively drives home the importance of good plumbing maintenance.This movie should be a warning to us all.