February 13, 2012

The Science of Sleep


La science des rêves, 2006. A guy that can't keep dreams straight from reality harasses his pretty neighbor. Written & directed by Michel Gondry. Starring Gael García Bernal & Charlotte Gainsbourg.

Concept: 1/4 (Bad)
Story: 1/4 (Bad)
Characters: 1/4 (Bad)
Dialog: 3/4 (Good)
Pacing: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Cinematography: 3/4 (Good)
Special effects/design: 4/4 (Great)
Acting: 3/4 (Good)
Music: 4/4 (Great)
Subjective Rating: 6/10 (Okay, 2/4). Basically just a feature-length music video. Gondry has a wonderful visual style, but when it comes to writing, he seems to have no interest in character. Seeing as this is supposed to be a sort of love story (or is it? fuck if I can tell), giving the audience some inkling of what the characters' relationship is might have been helpful...
Objective Rating (Average): 2.4/4 (Okay)

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