Feature debut of Jake Platrow (brother of star Gwyneth Paltrow, who co-stars) is a disappointing meditation on the danger and seductiveness of dreams, a pale imitation of Woody Allen's edgier urban comedies.
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10/31/07
The Good Night (2007)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:12
Rotten:29
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: 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.
Theatrical Release:Oct 5, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Jake Paltrow directs his sister Gwyneth in this take on the midlife crisis. Gary (Martin Freeman) was once riding high as the member of a successful pop band. Now, seven years later, the band is no... [More]
Starring: Martin Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Penelope Cruz, Simon Pegg
Director: Jake Paltrow
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Reviews for The Good Night
Despite going in fully expecting and wanting to enjoy this movie, it instead left me vaguely depressed and highly disappointed.
10/27/07
Daneizomenos stoiheia ap' ta opoia o Richard Linklater ehei bgalei olokliri tainia me to Waking Life (2001) kai tehnikes poy o Michel Gondry kserei akribos pos kai giati tis hrisimopoiei, o Paltrow honei mesa kai typiki kardia romantikis istorias, gia na
10/14/07
The tone is all over the place.
10/06/07
The Good Night doesn’t quite know where to go with this potentially rich, unsettling material.
10/06/07
The movie's film-studentish navel-gazing wears thin long before its over.
10/05/07
The sort of movie you forget even as you're watching it.
10/05/07
Top CriticAs thin and wispy as a dream you can't quite remember in the morning.
10/05/07
Top CriticThe 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.
10/05/07
Top CriticA buddy rom-com featuring Martin Freeman and Simon Pegg owes its success to on-screen chemistry but fails to shake the foundations of the silver screen.
10/05/07
Paltrow's film is Gondry's The Science of Sleep, dulled by an overdose of Lunesta.
10/04/07
Remains aloof and cold throughout, despite the best efforts of its cast to bring some life to the proceedings.
10/04/07
The Good Night has flashes of bookish wit, but never quite recovers from the metronomic monotony of its first half.
10/04/07
Top CriticPromising debut from writer-director Jake Paltrow about a sleep-obsessed man who meets the literal girl-of-his-dreams has some perceptive moments amid a lot of tossing and turning.
10/03/07
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.
10/03/07
Top Critic"Hanging out with you is pretty depressing," says self-proclaimed dream expert Mel to Gary, a similar reaction aroused by Jake Paltrow's excruciatingly tone-deaf writing-directing debut.
10/02/07
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.
10/02/07
Top CriticWith The Good Night, like any worthwhile dream, you may not be able to fully appreciate the experience, but after you wake up, you vaguely sense that you accomplished something while being out
10/02/07
The material is often too bizarre and esoteric for ordinary people to be able to relate to any of it.
10/02/07
Unsympathetic characters, a lead performer that does not register, and a script that comes across like improvisations do not bode well for Jake Paltrow's debut feature.
10/01/07
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