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This is the most personal of Gondry's movies so far. You feel like his screenplay gives you a glimpse into how his creative mind works. It is also probably the strangest as well, but it's a different "strange" than the Charlie Kaufman scripts. You keep jumping back and forth between dreams and awaking life, with only tiny hints of which one you are currently looking at. (It's not like Waking Life at all, fortunately.)

Charlotte Gainsbourg and Gael García Bernal succeed admirably in bring their momentarily changing relationship alive. The animation crew deserves extra credit, their low-key sequences are really stylish and a fascinating departure for the CGI fare you see in abundance in all the other movies.

I hope The Science of Sleep will get a wide release, so everyone can enjoy Gondry's fascinating creativity.

I loved the Czech scenery and architecture (both buildings and rooms). These backgrounds combined with Glass' music and Norton's mysterious character do an astounding job of setting the mood. Giamatti does a great job and really brings the inspector character alive. Jessica looks fantastic (her part doesn't need or get too much of an acting performance).

However... the story was amazingly predictable -- at least to me. Based on audience conversations I overheard afterwards, some others were more successful at leaving their brains at the door than I was.

With all that said, I enjoyed the movie and would recommend it for all the things in the first paragraph.

This flick has just the perfect blend of experimental ideas, an interesting story and meticulous animation work. The creators opted to use a 3D-flattened-to-silhouette animation technique, which is quite unique and hard to describe. Suffice to say that it works well to emphasize the mood of the story. Oh, and it also looks absolutely stunning...

Jasper Morello is a navigator on an airship, who gets a chance to help save his wife, as well as humanity from a plague, by venturing to unknown territory. His Verne-like trip takes him to strange lands and strange creatures...

I don't want to give too much away, so I'll just say that you should go check it out (or at least the trailer at www.jaspermorello.com).