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Science of Sleep, The (2006)

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Release Date: September 22, 2006 (Limited)
On DVD: February 6, 2007
Genre: Sci-Fi
Running Time: 105 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language, some sexual content and nudity.
Director: Michel Gondry
Writer: Ron Nyswaner
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Jean-Michel Bernard, Emma de Caunes, Inigo Lezzi, Stéphane Metzger, Miou-Miou, Aurélia Petit, Pierre Vaneck

In director Michel Gondry's, "The Science of Sleep," life seems to be looking up for shy and withdrawn Stephane (Gael García Bernal) when he is coaxed to return to his childhood home with the promise of a job...in the mundane world of copy setting. Wildly creative, his fanciful and sometimes disturbing dream life constantly threatens to usurp his waking world. Stephane is quickly drawn to his neighbor, Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg) whose imagination easily matches his Read more

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Grade: C+ From Michael Gondry, the director of the extremely smart romantic-comedy-drama Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, comes another smart romantic-comedy-drama that once again blends the line between reality and the imagination. Unfortunately, The Science of Sleep isn't nearly as captivating or intriguing, despite a great leading man and another imaginative approach.

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