I bought this film a few months ago after having seen several films starring the main actor, Gael Garcia Bernal, as I loved his other films and thought that he was a great actor. The fact that the DVD only cost me £3 in HMV also convinced me to buy it, as I figured that even if it was a let down, at least I hadn't wasted my money on it. I didn't get round to watching it, however, until a few days ago, as I've been busy and have many other unwatched DVDs that I had watched in preference of this one, as I wasn't sure exactly what to expect. Having said that, now that I've seen the film, I don't know exactly what I could have expected. The film centres around ...  Read the complete review

Gael Garcia Benal is fast becoming a heart throb amongst the discerning female audience who have managed to catch any of his films; Bad Education, The King, Motorcycle Diaries amongst them. This time around he teams up with avant garde music video director, and the man behind 'Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind', Michel Gondry. Anyone who has seen any of videos he directed (Bjork and Kylie amongst the artists he has created for) will know what a bizarre and surreal artistic mind he has. Science of Sleep is a French made film, though unusually for them the majority of the dialogue is in English. It is also one of the most unusual romance films ...  Read the complete review

This is something I agree on entirely with my brother, this is one of my favourite films too. It is wishy washy, it is weak in so many points, the writing, acting and the visuals will be considered fairly basic by some, but this is a triumph of imagination over content in so many senses. The film is directed by Michel Gondry a French director well known for music videos for Bjork, White Stripes and other cool bands, he also directed the similarly wonderful 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' which had greater critical acclaim and probably more of a story than this. The basic premise of the story is that Stephane (Gael Garcia Bernal) moves to ...  Read the complete review

Director Michel Gondry is a man who cut his teeth in music videos. His videos were always the ones with a certain 'wow' factor, be they for Bjork, Chemical Brothers, White Stripes or even Kylie, they always displayed Gondry's bizarre visual style and let him play around with many different effects. His foray into film began with Charlie Kaufman, starting with the unusual Human Nature before popping out an amazing Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. The Science of Sleep (SoS - because it's too long a title to keep writing it all the time) is Gondry's first feature length entirely under his own steam. And boy is it good. The thing with Gondry is he's obsessed ...  Read the complete review

Folowing the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a film that quickly made it into my favourites, I eagerly awaited the release of Michel Gondrys second full feature directing piece in the form of The Science of Sleep, and I am glad to say I was not disappointed. The film continues the surreal aspects, in fact possibly taking this further than the previous film, as it tells the tale of the loveless Stephane, pining hopelessly for his neighbour Stephanie. The originality of this lovestory struck me as so beautiful, it refuses constantly to give the viewer what they expect, instead choosing to surprise us with a more avante garde depiction of a relationship. ...  Read the complete review