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Critic Kim Newman
rated 8

...it's a pleasure (...) to see one of the most intelligent and challenging filmmakers returning to his top form.

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Cast & Crew

Paul Schrader
Director
Willem Dafoe
As John LeTour
Sam Rockwell
As Jealous
David Spade
As Theological Cokehead
Victor Garber
As Tis Brooke

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In the gritty world of New York City's drug underworld, John LeTour (Willem Dafoe) is a 40-year-old man struggling to find his place. As a delivery man for a high-end drug dealer (Susan Sarandon), John's life is a dangerous balancing act between his criminal activities and his desire to leave it all behind. When he reconnects with his ex-wife Marianne (Dana Delany), a former flame who still lives life on the edge, John's world is thrown into chaos. As the body count rises and the police close in, John must confront his demons and make a choice between his past and his future. Will he find redemption, or will he succumb to the darkness that surrounds him?

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Light Sleeper include The Usual Suspects, Pulp Fiction, Heat, Primal Fear, The Silence of the Lambs, Kids.