Dir. Michel Gondry (2006)
Rated R The Science of Sleep is about a man named Stephane and his dreams. He has just begun a new job as a calendar designer, but his vivid dreams and imagination start interfering with his job and his relationships. This movie was... interesting. I didn't dislike it. I thought it was interesting but also confusing. However, my mom watched it with me, who said "this is the worst movie I have ever seen" right as the credits began. I guess it's a love it or hate it movie. The parts of the movie I liked the best were Stephane's dreams, filled with animation and his little talk show that he always ran. Before the movie got into that part, it was a little uncomfy at parts. Stephane's new boss is super icky. I was about to turn the movie off until the dream sequences started showing. It got a lot better after that. When Stephane meets his neighbor, Stephanie, he begins to form a crush and they become friends. Stephanie is also creative and loves art, and they get along really well. Eventually, Stephane thinks they are close enough that he wants to show her his dreams and what goes on inside his head. They also begin to work on an animated movie together. It is an adorable relationship. As the movie progresses, Stephane's dreams and actual reality start to intertwine. It's hard to keep track of when he is dreaming and when he is awake, because animation and dream-like scenarios become pretty frequent. Either he has a really active imagination during the day, or he just sleeps a TON. He begins to show Stephanie the creations he has made, like his time machine. He starts missing work so he can hang out with her and make her new things to impress her. Things are going really well for the two until Stephane's art is going to be on the cover of a calendar and he finally gains some success. At a party to celebrate, Stephane catches Stephanie dancing with another guy and he gets really depressed. He tells Stephanie that he doesn't want to be friends anymore, and that he is going to move back to Mexico. Right before he leaves, he shows up at Stephanie's door and starts yelling at her. She gets really upset, and then Stephane ends up falling asleep in her bed. In his dreams, him and Stephanie are riding a golden horse and then riding off on a sailboat that they were going to use in their animated film. The ending is really sad. It's pretty obvious that Stephane still loves Stephanie, but he is still going to move away and he consistently hurts her feelings with the things he says. Stephane probably doesn't deserve Stephanie, but I was still really bummed that they weren't together at the end (in real life). Overall, I liked this movie a lot and there were a lot of really adorable parts. I also really enjoyed the realist film style when Stephane wasn't in a dream or when he was in his fantasy talk show. This movie is definitely a toss up as to whether you will like it or hate it, but I think it is worth a watch to find out.
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