Enid Is Sleeping
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49% Critic Match

Enid Is Sleeping

4.9 / 10 1990 1h 45mR English
ComedyCrime

Storyline

Enid only looks like she's sleeping. In fact, she's dead. Shortly after Enid caught her husband Harry in bed with her sister June, a row ensued, whereupon June accidently killed Enid. June's problem now is to hide the truth from the authorities, including her police-officer husband Floyd. Then she decides to reveal Enid's demise, albeit rearranging the damning evidence to make the whole thing look like the accident it really was.

Cast & Crew

Elizabeth Perkins

Elizabeth Perkins

Jane

Lead
Judge Reinhold

Judge Reinhold

Harry

Jeffrey Jones

Jeffrey Jones

Floyd

Maureen Mueller

Maureen Mueller

Enid

Rhea Perlman

Rhea Perlman

Mavis

Brion James

Brion James

Trucker

Charles Tyner

Charles Tyner

Man at Indian Burial Site

Henry Jones

Henry Jones

Old Man

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Maurice Phillips's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Enid Is Sleeping is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker