Featured Audience Ratings

• Alice S

  
  Romantic and hysterical! Very clever dream world of sock animals and cellophane seas. Gael García Bernal is awkwardly naive, and Charlotte Gainsbourg is understatedly worldly. Their clashing romance blossoms into the bittersweet.

• Veronique K

  
  it's probably one of the most boring movies i've ever seen. i even booked preserved ticket to watch it in the theater, but it was so dull that i just kept falling asleep. what's so fun to watch gael garcia pretends there's an explosion within his drawings? are… More
  it's probably one of the most boring movies i've ever seen. i even booked preserved ticket to watch it in the theater, but it was so dull that i just kept falling asleep. what's so fun to watch gael garcia pretends there's an explosion within his drawings? are you just five-year-old?

• Thomas B

  
  Strange yet moving with a great performance from Bernal. Full review later.

• Jameson W

  
  I really liked this movie! It's smart, funny, unique, creative, different....it's definitely one of the most unique films I have seen in a while. I loved the dream vs. reality concept and the different visuals that went along with that. The animation/puppet-esque sequences… More
  I really liked this movie! It's smart, funny, unique, creative, different....it's definitely one of the most unique films I have seen in a while. I loved the dream vs. reality concept and the different visuals that went along with that. The animation/puppet-esque sequences were extremely clever. It's one of my favorite things about the film. Gael Garcia Bernal gives a very good performance. He's very funny, but still serious and affective at the same time. I thoroughly enjoyed his character. I also loved Charlotte Gainsbourg's character. She also gives a good performance and the two main actors have great chemistry together. This is a great film that I think everything should see. It's just a good, unique comedy. It's hard to follow at times, but it's very enjoyable and entertaining.

• Thomas J

  
  I so enjoyed Gael Garc in other roles that I wanted to enjoy this movie more, but just could not! The constant switching of languages and campy effects wore thin for me fast. While I still like Gael.... this is at the bottom of the list of his movies for me!

• Greg S

  
  A young man who trouble distinguishing waking reality from dreams falls in love with his next door neighbor. The dream sequences are interestingly conceived, but it could have used a stronger narrative to pull us along; we can't tell if Stephanie returns Stephane's… More
  A young man who trouble distinguishing waking reality from dreams falls in love with his next door neighbor. The dream sequences are interestingly conceived, but it could have used a stronger narrative to pull us along; we can't tell if Stephanie returns Stephane's affections because most of their scenes are imagined, and the hero's crippling self-doubts make it hard to root for him.

• Conner R

  
  I think that I completely missed the point the first time I saw it, due to the fact that it can be a very confusing film to watch. It really shows you a look at the world of dreams and the imagination behind them. Michel Gondry's style is just as prevalent in this as it was in… More
  I think that I completely missed the point the first time I saw it, due to the fact that it can be a very confusing film to watch. It really shows you a look at the world of dreams and the imagination behind them. Michel Gondry's style is just as prevalent in this as it was in Eternal Sunshine, if not more so. I think I tended to write it off as a mess when it came to story when it really isn't. The multilingual script is a little disorienting, but I find it to be extremely realistic for the most part. I thoroughly enjoyed the love story and the fact that it wasn't as easy going as you might expect or be used to. The acting really plays well into that part, Gael Garcia Bernal is incredible and plays such a youthful and oddball person that you can't help but marvel at him. He's someone you can relate to and also admire in a lot of ways. Charlotte Gainsbourg does a perfect job at being an unsuspecting beauty, both physically and mentally. There are very few movies like this around, it's so unique in terms of storytelling and execution.

• Emil K

  
  This is hugely innovative film from Michel Gondry, who is one of the most interesting and talented voices in today's cinema. The Science of Sleep is even more dreamlike and playful than his earlier films Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Human Nature. Gael Garcia Bernal… More
  This is hugely innovative film from Michel Gondry, who is one of the most interesting and talented voices in today's cinema. The Science of Sleep is even more dreamlike and playful than his earlier films Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Human Nature. Gael Garcia Bernal is such a perfect choice to play Stephane. He is uncertain, lonely and complex young man who is just looking for love and understanding. Bernal perfectly captures the childish mind of Stephane with his brilliant performance. Only few of today's directors are willing to go this deep in to the human subconscious. Maybe two directors come in to my mind and they are David Lynch and Brian De Palma, whose film are kinda dreams also. Gondry's dreamworld are often built from cellophane, cardboard and paper. He creates a whole new worlds in his films and let his imagination just fly free. This is clearly Gondry's most personal and wildest film so far. It is also a endless journey into a possibilities of cinema and a one of a kind film. With it's hypnotic nostalghia and dreamy atmosphere, it will wash you you away in the world of fantasy, dreams and imagination. Our world need more directors like Michel Gondry.

• Jennifer D

  
  Not nearly good as ESSM, but interesting nonetheless.

• Anthony L

  
  Found it hard to watch, it took 2 sittings in the end and I never ever do that! That said, this is a really sweet film, a feature length music video into Gondry's imagination maybe, but rewarding in the end. It?s a three star film really but I'm giving it 4 because there are… More
  Found it hard to watch, it took 2 sittings in the end and I never ever do that! That said, this is a really sweet film, a feature length music video into Gondry's imagination maybe, but rewarding in the end. It?s a three star film really but I'm giving it 4 because there are some blink if you miss it golden nuggets hidden in this film that I only caught second time round. Watch it but make sure you're in the right frame of mind! (And can speak 3 different languages!)

• Drew S

  
  I want to bang Gael Garcia Bernal until he cries. That is all.

• Shauna R

  
  Wow. I really enjoyed this. This film has everything, it's magical, fun, inventive and wonderful. The Science of Sleep was written and directed by the same man who brought us Eternal Sunshine.. Just from hearing that my expectations were high and ultimately exceeded. Gael… More
  Wow. I really enjoyed this. This film has everything, it's magical, fun, inventive and wonderful. The Science of Sleep was written and directed by the same man who brought us Eternal Sunshine.. Just from hearing that my expectations were high and ultimately exceeded. Gael García Bernal gives an engaging and energetic portrayal of a confused man lost between the dream world and reality. His presence is very charming and he also makes you laugh out loud at some of his characters wild antics. I can understand why a lot of people didn't like it, yes it wasn't flawless and the plot seemed confusing. But anyway this film is greatly directed, written, has wonderful visuals and incredible performances. Watch this if you have imagination, otherwise I wouldn't recommend.

• Pierluigi P

  
  Both fun and sad elegy to immaturity. In the screenplay department, well, it's hateful to make comparisons, but Michel Gondry is not Charlie Kaufman. despite that, he does what he can, injecting a plethora of dreamy amusement, colorful wackiness, and melancholic romanticism that… More
  Both fun and sad elegy to immaturity. In the screenplay department, well, it's hateful to make comparisons, but Michel Gondry is not Charlie Kaufman. despite that, he does what he can, injecting a plethora of dreamy amusement, colorful wackiness, and melancholic romanticism that ends up in victory, specially for the timid and troubled central character played with charm by Gael García Bernal, who frankly reminds me a little of myself.

• E.J. B

  
  It's sort of like if David Lynch wanted to make a feel good movie, although Gondry undermines himself here. He tries to mold dreams with reality, and then create these overblown ideas from them by mixing in rom-com elements. I admire the ambition, even if it's a failure in… More
  It's sort of like if David Lynch wanted to make a feel good movie, although Gondry undermines himself here. He tries to mold dreams with reality, and then create these overblown ideas from them by mixing in rom-com elements. I admire the ambition, even if it's a failure in my eyes.

• Robert C

  
  Not my favorite of the Gondry films, but I did enjoy it.

• _kelly .

  
  I expected a better story to accompany Gondry's always great visuals.

• Michael G

  
  An incredibly creative movie that looks great and fleetingly held my interest. Sometimes. Unfortunately the switching off between languages was annoying and left me with a granddaddy of a headache. I can also get into surrealism too and as much as the idea of hosting a TV show in my… More
  An incredibly creative movie that looks great and fleetingly held my interest. Sometimes. Unfortunately the switching off between languages was annoying and left me with a granddaddy of a headache. I can also get into surrealism too and as much as the idea of hosting a TV show in my dreams appeals to me this was too much at times. Stephane's co-workers cracked me up but the candy-assed love story between Bernal and Gainsbourg was pretentious, whiny and utterly painful. This movie could've made a great music video if it didn't stand in front of a mirror and admirably play with itself--which ironically enough made me fall asleep about halfway through.

• Tim S

  
  It's hard to feel bad for a guy who is a complete dick.

• Red L

  
  Watching this movie at 2am is not easy. The viewer is left to figure out when we are watching real life, and when we are watching a dream. I cannot decide if it is an artistic masterpiece, or a bunch of bull. Need to see it again when I am wider awake. I don't see any… More
  Watching this movie at 2am is not easy. The viewer is left to figure out when we are watching real life, and when we are watching a dream. I cannot decide if it is an artistic masterpiece, or a bunch of bull. Need to see it again when I am wider awake. I don't see any comparison to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind tho.

• Fernando Rafael Q

  
  another great, creative, crazy, beautiful, intense film from director Michel Gondry, he is such a genius! the film is well written, well directed, well acted, with a nice soundtrack... Gael García and Charlotte Gainsbourg were amazing

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