The Science of Sleep (2006) poster
2006 · romance · comedy · drama · fantasy

The Science of Sleep

Directed by Michel Gondry1h 46m2006
ElsewhereIMDb7.271kRT71%Metacritic70TMDB7.0842
  • surreal
  • signature
  • intimate
Movie DNA

Neutral, steady, measured romance / comedy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

Our read · The Science of Sleep (2006) reads as a neutral, steady, surreal romance · comedy · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You love handmade surrealism blurring dreams, love, and awkward reality.

ends bittersweetit stays with youmeditativegrips by minute 8attention 4/5feels its lengthsubtitles: partial
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upcringe humiliation

Skip it tonightYou need a clear plot or find whimsical romance irritating tonight.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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