There’s a very thin line between amusingly quirky and just plain pretentious. I’d say this falls somewhere in the middle.
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02/16/07
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $4,572,038
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
21 - 40 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
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
Mischievous 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
I'm not sure I would have recommended it in the theater %u2013 where you're paying full ticket price and therefore expect a cohesive experience %u2013 but on DVD it's worth a look.
02/05/07
Although it has its moments to delight the eye, in the end the movie is neither very cerebral nor very charming but more like weird and wayward.
02/03/07
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02/03/07
THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP has some magical moments, butjust as the protagonist struggles with finding a place that can integrate his dream life with reality, the movie fights against itself and eventually leaves the audience as the loser.
01/11/07
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01/06/07
Suffers from weak character development and mashed plot continuity, but offers a handfull of beautiful, fresh imagery to make up for it.
12/09/06
Instinctively and ecstatically captures the freeflowing, stream-of-association nature of the cluttered unconscious mind.
11/19/06
A sweet, charming, stylish movie that reflects well on the magnificent career of Michel Gondry
11/08/06
Un spectacle extravagant dont même les quelques imperfections respirent la grandeur d'un cinéaste qui se trouve toujours en pleine possession de ses moyens.
10/29/06
Gondry manages to keep his balance for most of the film, deriving humor and pathos from Stéphane's difficulties with his waking life.
10/28/06
Navel-gazing director Michel Gondry ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind") wears his developmentally arrested heart on his sleeve, on his pants, and on his forehead in the most self-indulgent movie of 2006.
10/25/06
Writer/director Michael Gondry bets his film that the viewer will be so engrossed in his characters and images, they will not mind having the rug pulled form under them time and again. He loses that bet.
10/22/06
The Science of Sleep, his latest effort, continues in the same singular direction as its predecessors; simultaneously confounding, fascinating and enchanting, the movie does not quite find the populist pulse that did its predecessor, but as the fir
10/20/06
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