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The Science of Sleep [DVD] [2007] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
 
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The Science of Sleep [DVD] [2007] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

DVD ~ Gael García Bernal
3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou, Pierre Vaneck
  • Directors: Michel Gondry
  • Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language English, French, Spanish
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 6 Feb 2007
  • Run Time: 106 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000M4RG7E
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 77,869 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Daydream Believer, 5 Jan 2007
By Steps "steps_lowe" (Luxembourg) - See all my reviews
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Romantic comedies by definition are supposed to be `feel good'. Girl loses boy, girl wins boy back by some improbable twist of fate or unlikely coincidence that only happens in the movies and audiences share and dwell vicariously in the whole `feel goodness' of it all. As a `romantic comedy' Michel Gondry's latest really is a bit odd. The `comedy' box has been firmly ticked and so has the box labelled `bittersweet love story', but by definition of romantic comedies The Science Of Sleep most certainly is not. If you've seen any of Gondry's music video (The White Stripes) output over recent years or checked out the strange but engaging `Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind', then you may perhaps have a slight advantage over the person next to you, who, well, erm... hasn't seen them.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, as a movie directed by a Gallic film-maker, the comedy of Science is very very French (albeit French humour able to laugh heartily at fart jokes), has a casual indifference to sex and is more than a little warped. The ever versatile Gael Garcia Bernal is Stephane, a shy and awkward graphic artist, who comes to stay with his mother and work as a Calendar Designer following the death of his father. For reasons not best explained Stephane is prone to nodding off unannounced and whilst dreaming, regularly broadcasts television shows (perhaps the stuff of his subconscious). The dream like architecture melds felt, cardboard, cellophane and a hefty portion of surrealism together into a world that eventually becomes hard to distinguish from his waking life. To make matters worse he's fallen in love with his creative and equally kooky neighbour Stephanie (a scruffy yet sultry Charlotte Gainsborough).

It's best to go in The Science Of Sleep with few preconceptions or a desire to work out exactly what's going on. Although it's clear that Gondry is meditating on acceptance, rejection and ultimately love (however fruitless), his patchwork quilt of a movie often appears contrived and a little too clever clever for its own good. There are moments in here that work wonderfully well (the cardboard car chase, felt skiing and the 1 second time machine) and others that are jarring or just simply grate. The Science Of Sleep is a delight to look at, blending in-camera trickery with stop motion puppetry, Gondry's imagination shows no bounds. But by working from his own script he tends to drift toward self-indulgence.

Imaginative, sweetly romantic, frantic and twisted: The Science of Sleep won't be everyone's favourite blend of tea. As a means to seeing something artful, odd and strangely unique, this bonkers tale is like that jolly jaunt through a ramshackle town compared to the uber cool gleam of the big city cinema-scape and is all the better for it.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Michel Gondry Magic, 1 May 2007
By Ez (London) - See all my reviews
After a long wait for this film to be released I was definately not disapointed. Michel Gondry has managed to succesfully blend a very funny storyline with surreal uses of animation and music (and whatever else he does best). Critics disapointed me with their reviewing of this film - they were a bit picky, it was dubbed as a film where Gondry had had a bit too much of his own way and gone over the top. Gondry tends to put 110% into his work, and quite frankly i don't blame him.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Regret, 22 Mar 2009
I like the actors, loved Eternal Sunshine....but this movie was awful. It may have been colourful for some but an hour and half or so of actors looking quirky and out of place doesn't do it for me. So if you're looking for a good story and great dialogue then carry on browsing.

Finally, I was so annoyed by this film that I threw it away after I watched it, some may have suggested that I sell it second hand to recoup my money but I would have felt guilty ripping someone off.
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