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The Good Night (2007)

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Average Rating: 4.9/10
Reviews Counted: 42
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 29

That The Good Night is the work of a first-time writer/director is apparent, as the story feels disjointed and never connects with the audience.

Average Rating: 5/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 6

That The Good Night is the work of a first-time writer/director is apparent, as the story feels disjointed and never connects with the audience.

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Written and directed by Jake Paltrow, the romantic comedy The Good Night stars Martin Freeman as a onetime pop superstar who has swallowed his pride and now makes a living as a jingle writer. Although he has a steady relationship with a longtime girlfriend (Gwyneth Paltrow), he has become bored with her even though he loves her and dreams often of his idealized perfect woman (Pen�lope Cruz). One day he meets that dream girl in the flesh, forcing him to confront his feelings for his girlfriend head-on. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

R, 1 hr. 33 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Directed By: Jake Paltrow

Written By: Jake Paltrow

In Theaters: Oct 5, 2007 Wide

On DVD: Apr 1, 2008

Yari Film Group

The sort of movie you forget even as you're watching it.

October 5, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Post

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

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As thin and wispy as a dream you can't quite remember in the morning.

October 5, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Daily News

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Jack Mathews

New York Daily News

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The comedy of male midlife angst dates back at least to The Seven-Year Itch, when it was sweet and innocent. Each time it is recycled, it gets more sour and joyless.

October 5, 2007 Comment

Stephen Holden

New York Times

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The Good Night has flashes of bookish wit, but never quite recovers from the metronomic monotony of its first half.

October 4, 2007 Full Review Source: Newsday

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Jan Stuart

Newsday

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The Good Night doesn't quite comfortably synthesize all the notions writer-director Jake Paltrow wants to play with in his feature debut. But the filmmaker's got good taste -- and luck -- in casting.

October 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

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Director Jake Paltrow's feature debut has all the hallmarks of an earnest young man's feature debut, and while that is not necessarily a bad thing, I can only imagine that it fit Sundance like a fingerless glove when it had its premiere there.

October 2, 2007 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Michelle Orange

Village Voice

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Flawed, but with enough interest to suggest Jake Paltrow may be one to keep an eye out for in future.

June 13, 2008 Full Review Source: Eye for Film

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

...a low-key yet consistently engaging effort...

May 12, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

A 93-minute snooze button.

April 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

This sleepyhead Prince Charming is in for a rude awakening when the choosy, chain smoking Anna, actual female that she is, finds him an annoying loser, and at best undesirable. Au revoir, unconditional love. Someone wake me when it's over.

March 30, 2008 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

March 30, 2008 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

The Good Night is a superlative feature film from Jake Paltrow; a fulfilling buffet of aches and pains from the discontented, poured into an amusing, uneasy comedic fantasy that barely misses a step.

March 11, 2008 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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Brian Orndorf

DVDTalk.com

Writer-director Jake Paltrow's (yes, brother of Gwennie) debut feature is exquisitely romantic, painful, and riotous; everyone's lonely and going about it wrong.

February 3, 2008 Full Review Source: I.E. Weekly

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Amy Nicholson

I.E. Weekly

If the hero has trouble dozing off, that's not a problem which will affect many viewers of this movie.

January 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK]

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Christopher Tookey

Daily Mail [UK]

As a comedy of male delusion, Night seems to shrink from its flimsy dramatic subtexts; as a probing of dream and reality in love, its pretensions to depth suggest a neutered comedic courage: Woody Allen-lite.

January 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Total Film

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Kevin Harley

Total Film

Such a big grey blanket of misery it should have been called "Eternal Cloud Cover".

January 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph

A mish-mash of secondhand ideas, with some real misfires.

January 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian [UK]

What comedy there is fails to ignite and the romance is stillborn since we don't care who sleeps with whom or whether they do it in real life or the dream world.

January 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Times [UK]

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Wendy Ide

Times [UK]

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Terrible movie i was open to this movie! it sounded like a nice sweet fantasy movie that might actually be good but this was probably the worse movie ive ever seen. it has so few laughs that if you miss them you'd think there isnt any! the storyline is boring slow and boring with nit very much going on and in the end

October 10, 2008

Film Crazy

Super Reviewer

Original and intriguing story, about a former popstar, who as a result of hitting a mid-life crisis, develops an obsessive interest in lucid dreaming. An interest which becomes the trigger for a remarkable, surreal and ultimately life-changing journey. Besides a good and well-written storyline, this movie sure managed

August 24, 2008

Mike S

Super Reviewer

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