Fresh
In the moment, Gondry and Bernal almost manage to give quirky a good name.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
The Science of Sleep
Close your eyes. Open your heart.
2006 · 1h 46m · R
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Directed by
Michel Gondry
Overview
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
71%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The movie plays like an exhausted hallucination, disjointed and frustrating, much of it owing to the lack of chemistry Gondry allows between his stars.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
In the end, after your time with it, you'll recall it with a smile, remembering its childish wonderment and mischievous sense of humor.
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Fresh
It's all very cosmopolitan (the dialogue is English, French and Spanish), very independent, a wee bit juvenile and very confusing, of course. But The Science of Sleep is also remarkably magical and desperately romantic beneath it all.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Rotten
The whimsy Gondry whips up soon goes wispy as we wait in vain for all this sweet-natured silliness to reveal a meaning that isn't transparently obvious.
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
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