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02/24/07
The Science of Sleep (2006)
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Reviews Counted:152
Fresh:105
Rotten:47
Average Rating:6.6/10
Consensus: Lovely and diffuse, Sleep isn't as immediately absorbing as Gondry's previous work, but its messy beauty is its own reward.
Theatrical Release:16-02-2007
Synopsis: For his first non-documentary film after 2004's ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, French writer/director Michel Gondry applies his highly inventive cinematic vision to THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP.... [More]
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Miou-Miou, Alain Chabat
Director: Michel Gondry
Reviews for The Science of Sleep
Another comic love story that takes us inside a character’s psyche, but Kaufman’s rock-solid jokes are replaced by whimsy.
02/19/07
Gondry always manages to maintain a childlike wonder in the magic of creating a moving image, and never is it more evident than in this film.
02/16/07
Top CriticIt’s whimsical to the point of maddening. Bernal does his best, but there’s only so much fawning any man can get away with.
02/16/07
It's all lovely to look at, but becomes progressively wearisome.
02/16/07
Dreams are easy to invent, and as easy to forget. The real challenge is to invent stories that have a stake in logic as well as truth.
02/16/07
A thwarted love story that does not trade in the degraded cliches either of romance or conventional sexiness.
02/16/07
Top CriticThere’s a very thin line between amusingly quirky and just plain pretentious. I’d say this falls somewhere in the middle.
02/16/07
As the movie progresses, we’re presented with one of the best portrayals of the innate awkwardness of first love I can ever remember seeing.
02/16/07
Beautifully directed, charmingly surreal and genuinely romantic, this is the perfect offbeat date movie and easily one of the best films of the year.
02/15/07
In the moment, Gondry and Bernal almost manage to give quirky a good name.
02/14/07
Top CriticMischievous and magical, Gondry’s bizarro movie offers visual pearl after visual pearl but no string to tie them together. Où est Kaufman?
02/14/07
It suffers occasionally from self-consciousness and over-indulgence in its own oddity, but Gondry’s grasp of emotion and visuals is enchanting. Even if he seems several sandwiches short of a picnic.
02/14/07
Top CriticCredit should be shared with the leads; together they're silly, giddy, irrepressibly inventive - a lot like the film itself.
02/13/07
Top CriticPossibly a very shallow work, but it's also exhaustively imaginative and bustles with wit and invention.
09/28/06
It's busy, charming, stimulating and packed with heart and soul.
09/23/06
A nightmare
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