Steven Weber stars as the title character, and he hardly sleeps easy. An insurance man completely devoid of morals and scruples, he gets caught up in a murder plot against his latest gal pal's husband (a bald Gregg Henry), only it backfires. He later gets caught up in yet another murder-the-spouse plot, this time involving a ravishing but raving lunatic of a woman (played by Gail O'Grady). Then the husband of the first situation comes back into his life, and the husband of the more recent bimbo (Steven Tobolosky) starts pestering our antihero. Weber only has his aging, meek secretary (Swoosie Kurtz) to protect him. Plus he is looking at possible bankruptcy. This dark comedy is largely devoid of laughs, but the violence when it finally erupts is impressive and the strong cursing profound. Also, the finale holds a surprise or two. Plus Weber's at his venal best here.

I doubt that anyone connected with this who hopes to advance his/her career will include this in their resume.The title refers to the Sleep Easy Motel where Hutch Rimes takes his chosen lady friend of the moment. Jealous and brutal husbands, conniving women, and sundry characters get involved with this and by the end, I for one just didn't care.It's not the worst I've seen, and it's about as good a way of spending an hour and a half as sitting and twiddling your thumbs.As far as any talent shown in this is concerned, it appears to be mainly a training exercise.

I was amazed out the poor acting on the parts of Weber and O'Grady. It made the dialogue sound worse than it probably was. I hope to God this was a TV movie, or maybe a straight-to-video. Some of the stuff on SciFi channel seems better rehearsed and executed. It is clearly low budget, but that can be a good thing. Not in this case, though. They should have forked out some dough for some better leading actors. Or maybe they should have shot more than one take each scene. It seemed like the actors learned their lines ahead of each scene and then just shot the scene without rehearsing, kind of a walk-through. Oh well. Guess some people like it.

Having recently seen this movie I think it can be best described as a subtle love story with a surprise ending with a few twists and turns along the way. Although the violence is portrayed as real and graphic, it is so structured in such a manner that it enhances and fits neatly into the overall story. My overall rating would be an 8/10. Finally I would definitely recommend a Buy or Rent. In closing I would like to add that close attention must be paid throughout as it is very easy to miss out on critical parts/scenes which are essential to understanding what is going on or what actually occurred. The reason for the surprise ending is that it was so believable and unexpected that it kind of sneaks up on you and then lets you down gently and satisfied.