The Science of Sleep

The Science of Sleep is more about sleep than science. This believable, yet dreamy, love story, from the director of Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind, Michel Gondry, follows a young man who has troubles sorting his dreams out from reality. Comic, but without surrendering a dramatic edge, the film shifts between Stephane's dreams and the actuality of his relationship to Stephanie, who occupies the apartment across the hall.

The film is surreal in the child-like montages that illustrate Staphane's fantasies, yet real to spark the memory of my own would-be relationship with a girl, though my experience varied from the film's conclusion. Though Stephane and Stephanie know themselves well, they stumble when trying to get to know each other--then again, isn't that the best part? Definitely worth the price of admission.