The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To

Dec 1, 2015

0h 5m

★ 10.0

Overview

THE BOY WHO COULDN’T SLEEP AND NEVER HAD TO is a coming-of-age sci-fi adventure in the tradition of “Back To The Future,” with classic teen-movie themes like friendship, first love, and betrayal playing out on a superhuman scale. Darren, a high school outcast whose only refuge is his homemade comic book, gets launched into an adventure way cooler than anything he could dream up when he discovers his best friend has no biological need for sleep and can bring their dreams into reality. Composed of equal parts action, humour, and heart, this story of a comic book fan who finds himself in a real-life superhero movie will make audiences believe that anything is possible.

Genres

Science Fiction

Comedy

The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Darren

Jack Quaid

Eric

Tony Revolori

Operative

Jennifer Blakeslee

Gun Scientist

Gregory Burke

Warrior

John Nania

Warrior (Double)

Jeff Eckman

Alex and Erica Boyer are a young couple in crisis. Alex, despite his loving wife, beautiful home and high-paying job, feels trapped. When Erica has an accident that leaves her temporarily confined to a wheelchair and requiring the services of a private nurse, the beautiful Lisa enters the Boyers' lives. A complicated situation develops as Alex sees Lisa as the cure for his own problems as well as his wife's.

0.0

Pickled Puss

Sep 2, 1948

The cat and mouse are in their usual game of chase-and-pursue until the mouse hides in a pickled-herring barrel. The cat gets intoxicated from inhaling the fumes and immediately becomes the mouse's newest best friend. He defends the mouse from a mean alley cat, and the mouse invites him to come home with him. There, the mouse takes care of him and sobers him up, and the cat immediately begins to chase him again. He reaches the barrel again and regains his newest best friend. Charlie Chaplin deserves an (uncredited) story listing.

6.2

Marine Life Interviews

Nov 15, 2016

Interviews with the animals at the Marine Life Institute about their experiences with Dory.

3.5

Alan Smithee

Jul 1, 2012

'Alan Smithee' is a film about a boy growing up. It delves into the darker side of what 'growing up' sometimes means: growing into your flaws, inevitably being met with the errors of your parents, and the necessity to make room for the pain. While Alan is surrounded by what is thought to be the American ideal, all the material comforts that should equate happiness, he learns that sometimes all we are is lost in the woods.

6.2

Single Man

May 31, 2010

In Gu Jia Gou Village, 150 km from Beijing, men outnumber women. Some buy wives from faraway Sichuan province. Other remain bachelors; they gossip and complain together - yet find ways to have a sex life. Lao Yang is still in love with the girl he was forbidden to marry as a young man; she is now the middle-aged wife of the village head, but they sneak out for secret trysts. Yet, Lao Yang wants more...

0.0

Dildo of the Dead

May 6, 2018

A passion party goes tits up when a possessed dildo enters the equation.

0.0

The Tenant

Jul 30, 2022

Two elderly women rent a room in their home to a tenant who they suspect is a supernatural creature; this marks the begging of a series of tasks they must do in order to protect themselves from this vampire.

0.0

Jordageddon

Sep 22, 2023

No overview available.

5.3

The Killer Bra

Jan 1, 2010

The Killer Bra is a film about...a killer bra! After Laura accidentally kills a shopper while fighting with her over a fancy bra, the shopper's ghost inhabits the bra in order to kill all those who wear it...ultimately, the bra's mission is getting revenge on Laura.

6.8

Firebase

Jun 28, 2017

Set during the Vietnam war, Firebase follows American soldier Hines through an ever-deepening web of science fiction madness.

5.0

Cock, Crap, Fuck

Jan 19, 2019

Max, 20 years old, is a boy scout leader dealing with Tourette's syndrome. His symptoms disappear when he is in front of a camera. That's how he manages to seduce Giulia. But when they decide to make love, is the camera still welcome?

6.6

Totally F***ed Up

Aug 19, 1994

Gay, alienated Los Angeles teens have a hard time as their parents kick them out of their homes, they don’t have money, their lovers cheat, and they are harassed by gay-bashers.

4.2

Heavy Petting

Oct 20, 2007

Charlie thinks he's met the perfect woman, but in order to be with her, he must first get past her dog. Just when he thinks all is lost, he realizes that he loves the dog too! Now he must do everything he can to keep them both.

6.9

Der Fuehrer's Face

Jan 1, 1943

A marching band of Germans, Italians, and Japanese march through the streets of swastika-motif Nutziland, serenading "Der Fuehrer's Face." Donald Duck, not living in the region by choice, struggles to make do with disgusting Nazi food rations and then with his day of toil at a Nazi artillery factory. After a nervous breakdown, Donald awakens to find that his experience was in fact a nightmare.

4.0

I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal at Disney

Jan 1, 1993

A first-time feature-film director (who's also the writer and producer) is casting the lead actress. We meet him talking to his wife about the picture and the process. We meet the actress, Sandy, negotiating with her roommate and talking by phone to her mother. Then, we watch Sandy audition for the director at the call-back session; also attending are the casting director and the production company's sycophants. The wrinkle is that the director is a homicidal misogynist, his wife is tied up and hanging from the ceiling, and Sandy has something in her purse that bodes a rocky future.

5.5

Rolling Kansas

Jan 24, 2003

A group of friends go on a journey to a secret marijuana forest in Kansas.

3.4

Asylum Seekers

Jun 13, 2009

Six people on the verge of a breakdown decide to check themselves into an insane asylum, only to discover there is just room for one.

2.0

Sing Along

Apr 28, 2013

A sheltered boy with a dream of starring on Broadway survives day-to-day life by imagining the world as a musical.

5.4

Disorganized Crime

Apr 14, 1989

Lou Diamond Phillips and Fred Gwynne team up with a gang of professional criminals who have everything it takes to rob a bank. The only things they do have going for them are a cop and his partner, who are dumber than they are! By the time the gang hits the bank vault, it's a safe bet there's going to be organized insanity and disorganized crime!

The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To

Overview

Genres

The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To Trailers