The Good Night (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.0/10   

Director:

Jake Paltrow

Guionista (WGA):

Jake Paltrow (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

15 noviembre 2007 (Israel)

Género:

Comedia | Drama | Fantasía | Romance

Frase comercial:

A comedic fantasy.

Plot:

A former pop star who now writes commercial jingles for a living experiences a mid-life crisis.

Plot Keywords:

Dream | Friend | Lucid Dreaming | Band | Female Nudity

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Decent movie around a somewhat unsatisfying story.

Reparto

Keith Allen	...	Norman
Steffan Boje	...	Karlheinz
Penélope Cruz	...	Anna / Melodia
Danny DeVito	...	Mel
Sonia Doubell	...	Shawna
Martin Freeman	...	Gary Shaller
Michael Gambon	...	Alan Weigert
Stephen Graham	...	Victor
Kate Harper	...	Ballet Teacher
Juliana Kiehl	...	Naresta
Bruno Lastra	...	Italian Slickster #2
Martino Lazzeri	...	Italian Slickster #1
Meredith MacNeill	...	Tica
Gwyneth Paltrow	...	Dora Shaller
Simon Pegg	...	Paul

También conocida como:

The good Night - Träum weiter... (Alemania) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual content.

Duración:

93 min

País:

USA | UK | Alemania

Idioma:

Inglés | Italiano

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Portugal:M/12 | USA:R | South Korea:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | New Zealand:R16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Compañía:

Good Night Productions

Citas:

Mel: Sometimes I wish that you could just hit the sack and never wake up. If your favorite song never ended, or your best book never closed, if the emotions mustered from these things would just go on and on, who wouldn't want to stay asleep? The guy who discovers that perpetual dream, he's my man.

Conexiones de Película:

References Shane (1953)

Banda de Sonido:

The Universal

Decent movie around a somewhat unsatisfying story.

I'm still not completely sure what this movie was exactly about. The initial layer suggests a story about an insecure bloke who tries to escape his run aground life through lucid dreaming. Real life and the dream world coincide as he finds out that the woman he is pushing away from his life is actually the one he wants to stay with. People trying to dig beyond this layer have some difficulty. Not because this movie is especially deep but simply because there's not much beyond it period.

Do movies have to be deep or insightful? Of course they don't. But this one to me suggested it may become that. And when it didn't, it left me feel a bit dissatisfied.

With an interesting story nonetheless, solid acting throughout, some great jokes and appealing visuals this movie rises well above the average Hollywood production. What it simply lacks are some really poignant scenes and build up towards the end. But just like the main character Gary who never rises above himself, the movie doesn't either. But maybe that was the whole point.

That said, there's absolutely no harm in bringing this one home for a view.

7/10