The Science of Sleep (2006)

Truly Dreadful Film

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I really enjoyed the science of sleep. I liked how it was super weird but made sense at the same time. The story was written well enough to support the crazy scenes that were visualized inside Stephane's head. I thought the shots inside his head with the cardboard window pulley's we're super neat and a great addition to it. I particularly enjoyed this film because it's what I want to aim towards when creating my own. It steers away from larger plot ideas and get's into the brain and explores all the little things that make people quirky and unique. I really liked Stephanie's character and the way she was intertwined between reality and Stephan's dreams throughout the movie. The creativity level with set design to costumes amazed me along with the way each scene played out.

While watching movies, I am trying to find an emotional connection or some other connecting characteristic or hobby to be able to relate to the main character and I am comparing what I would do in his/her situation. In "The Science of Sleep" I could not really find any similarities to Stephane, the protagonist, who seemed confusing to me, just like the whole movie. Confusing for me were the scenes, where Michel Gondry (director) mixed dreams with reality. The protagonist Stephane, a shy and creative Mexican, is a very emotional dreamer. This means that his dreams are affecting him so much, that he starts to move, walk around, talk and write during the night. I couldn't sympathize a lot with Stephane, which made his actions for me feeling very weird watching him. "He is a man-child, unable to adjust himself to the everyday realities of the outside world." (Quote from another Review) – This instability (kind of uncomfortable feeling) was transferred to me while seeing this film - the director maybe wanted me to feel like that – I don't know. The director used a lot of Time-Laps Technique, to better demonstrate Stephane's dreams and the 'magic'. What I also noticed was the audio recording of the doors, which seemed to me to loud and supported my already twitchy stomach. The film had a very abrupt ending, which could be unsatisfying for some people. Anyways "The Science of Sleep" is a very special and creative film, which creates magic, it has some funny parts in it and provides entertainment – just not my favourite type of movie.

I despise the Science of Sleep. Just wanted to get that out of the way. Gondry is a talented director, but here he mistakes his characters being cutesy and quirky, when they come across as simple creatures of arrested development. These characters should be slapped across the face repeatedly - they are pathetic, not introverted charming people, just pathetic. The film looks like it was developed in a mud bath, it's an ugly film with an annoying self aware homemade feel. Stop motion just adds to the 'I'm directing!' feel this thing has. I apologize that this isn't so much a critique as a paragraph of hate, but The Science of Sleep bugs the hell out of me.

It was the worst, most disgusting, unmindful, unrealistic movie i ever seen in my life.I have been watching since i am 10 nearly every week but i have never seen that much depressed movie. I just wasted my 100 minutes of my life for this rubbish. Never watch it, don't believe the votes...I cant even tell you how bad was it..If you really think it worths to watch then go on..But now i assure you that i feel depressed too.It just brought me some bad memories and how a person can be miserable that much.. If you are in depressed mind i strongly suggest you to not watch this rubbish..