Melissa Barrera delivers an emotional and honest performance supported by a strong cast. The story segues into melodrama a few times, but the heartfelt film clearly depicts the struggle of opioid abuse from a fresh perspective,women in Latino communities.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 1, 2023

As much as one wants to praise a performance and acknowledge the real life struggles with addiction that inspire such movies, finding something new, novel and powerful to say on the subject at this stage is damned near impossible.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 30, 2023

The film is proof that cycles can be overcome and that self-destruction doesn’t always have to result in fatal failure. A wake-up call to society.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 17, 2023

The second half is thus where the film shines. Those glimpses into the past solidify into memories, the generational trauma and economic strife showing just how quickly someone can get caught in a systemically broken cycle of poverty and addiction.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 17, 2023

Melissa Barrera stuns as a desperate young mother struggling with opiates addiction and generational instability. All the World is Sleeping gives no easy answers in a powerfully dramatic film with heavy themes.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 15, 2023