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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
What a pity this film is such a let down. I love all the actors and their work so I assumed this would be just brilliant. Don't get me wrong - the acting is very good as usual by all but the film just lacks that something that makes a film watchable. there is no buzz in the film at all and it seems to not get out of first gear. A very missable film indeed.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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'The Good Night' is about a guy named Gary (Martin Freeman) who used to be in a band and is now making music for TV ads. His relationship with his girlfriend (Gwyneth Paltrow) is going down the drain and the only thing he has that makes him happy in his life is his dreams about a beautiful woman (Penelope Cruz) every night.
I'd read some pretty bad reviews of 'The Good Night' but I wasn't expecting it to be this awful. Not even comedy greats like Simon Pegg and Danny DeVito (ok, and Martin Freeman) couldn't save this from being one of the most boring and pointless films that I have ever seen. I mean what is it? - Comedy, drama, rom-com? It has literally no genre to fit into as nothing happens at all. It is a rubbish story, has rubbish acting from the whole cast who are all usually very good in anything else they're in and it really felt like all of them really couldn't be bothered.
The only thing 'The Good Night' is good for is to help you get to sleep as you'll be nodding off in no time, it is that dull and uninteresting. Even if you are a die hard fan of any of the actors in this film I still strongly recommend not watching this.
I'd read some pretty bad reviews of 'The Good Night' but I wasn't expecting it to be this awful. Not even comedy greats like Simon Pegg and Danny DeVito (ok, and Martin Freeman) couldn't save this from being one of the most boring and pointless films that I have ever seen. I mean what is it? - Comedy, drama, rom-com? It has literally no genre to fit into as nothing happens at all. It is a rubbish story, has rubbish acting from the whole cast who are all usually very good in anything else they're in and it really felt like all of them really couldn't be bothered.
The only thing 'The Good Night' is good for is to help you get to sleep as you'll be nodding off in no time, it is that dull and uninteresting. Even if you are a die hard fan of any of the actors in this film I still strongly recommend not watching this.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
An assured, quietly quirky debut from Jake Paltrow, who has evidently pulled in an impressively strong transatlantic cast on the strength of his surname. And good on him. I actually found this DVD in the one pound bucket of a supermarket, and can only assume it didn't get the distribution it deserves due to shoddy marketing and its resistance to being easily pigeonholed as either a drama, comedy or pop-tinged indie flick. That said, it walks a fine line between the genres very well - a sort of hip, dark grey rather than black comedy - and the casting and direction are bang on.
Freeman is satsifyingly ordinary as the protagonist, baffled by his failing relationship with the dowdy, nagging, arty Paltrow. Pegg is his odiously over-sexed, under-loved music industry best friend, Cruz is the exquisite siren of their (in Freeman's case, lucid) dreams and De Vito plays his normal downtrodden Italian New Yorker with casual aplomb and a twist - he's a dream counsellor: a squalid, quietly charismatic little guru.
Cameos from Michael Gambon, Keith Allen and Jarvis Cocker are scattered throughout the film in a faux-documentary style, giving it a rock n roll edge which never overwhelms the whimsical and philosophical elements of the film, nor breaks the gentle but effective narrative pace.
The score features T'Pau, Pulp and classicised Blur. Lovely almost character tracks in themselves.
Fans of Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry should definitely give it a go. For me, it sits in the same satisfying bracket.
Freeman is satsifyingly ordinary as the protagonist, baffled by his failing relationship with the dowdy, nagging, arty Paltrow. Pegg is his odiously over-sexed, under-loved music industry best friend, Cruz is the exquisite siren of their (in Freeman's case, lucid) dreams and De Vito plays his normal downtrodden Italian New Yorker with casual aplomb and a twist - he's a dream counsellor: a squalid, quietly charismatic little guru.
Cameos from Michael Gambon, Keith Allen and Jarvis Cocker are scattered throughout the film in a faux-documentary style, giving it a rock n roll edge which never overwhelms the whimsical and philosophical elements of the film, nor breaks the gentle but effective narrative pace.
The score features T'Pau, Pulp and classicised Blur. Lovely almost character tracks in themselves.
Fans of Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry should definitely give it a go. For me, it sits in the same satisfying bracket.
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A good film
This is a very good movie, with great actors in it! Martin Freeman and Gwyneth Paltrow are extraordinary in their roles!
Published 2 months ago by Colin Hélène
Manages to be both dull and toe-curlingly embarrassing to watch
I saw this at the cinema and I remember that I love the cast but didn't enjoy the film. Old Gwinnie is masterly as a nagging, whiney old cow.
Published 4 months ago by Fiona
The Good Night
The worst film I have ever seen; no storyline, not funny, dull, very boring. When you hear the name Danny DeVito you assume that it is going to be a good funny film. Read more
Published 15 months ago by CharColl
Well worth watching
I have purchased Martin Freeman's back catalogue available on DVD (with the exception of the awful Hitchhiker's Guide - Sorry, Martin, definitely not YOUR fault! Read more
Published 16 months ago by H. O'Sullivan
Really not very good.
Whether people like the film or not general agreement seems to be:
- It has an impressive cast
- It is not really a comedy
For me, it lacked a coherent plot seeming... Read more
- It has an impressive cast
- It is not really a comedy
For me, it lacked a coherent plot seeming... Read more
Published 20 months ago by MarkW
Don't read any reviews for this film.
After reading the 1 star reviews for this film, i felt obligated to say that any idiot who watches this movie expecting laugh out loud comedy deserves to not enjoy it. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Harry
A Diamond Lost in the Noise of Hollywood Land
I had the pleasure to see 'The Good Night' after waiting almost two years to see it due to limited release. Read more
Published on 15 Mar 2009 by Jean Erasmus
All Wrong!
The problem with this film is that the actors are totally miss cast. Simon Pegg, Danny Devito et al (with the possible exception of Martin Freeman) play outside their usual rolls. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2009 by Paul
Ok - could do better!
I bought this purely because it had Simon Pegg in it - he is actually very good, but, there isn't enough of him! Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2008 by Gimme Gompo
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So, you are wandering around the local video club and you come across a movie you've never heard of, complete with a stella cast and some dubious on-cover reviews from the likes of... Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2008 by J. S. Meins
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