The Good Night

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Red T @RT43513976 07/31/2023 What was That….This film has a horrifically bad editing problem. First it's about Gary's life, then the dreams, then Paul and then at the end it goes completely off the rails and loses all focus on the last 25 minutes and is an incoherent mess. Then It wasn't clear until about halfway I realized this is TRYING to be a Comedy….I think. This film has a terrible tone problem where I'm not sure if it's trying to be a Psychological Drama or Dark Comedy. Either way the humor never works once and is so confusing. The music isn't good either. It's generic, forgettable but most of all it's not clear what the mood is supposed to reflect most of the time when it's used. The cinematography is well shot half the time but it's weighed down by unmemorable locations, unclear scenes as to what's happening, and the lighting is very lifeless and dull. It's terrible overall because of how unclear scenes are more than anything half the time and what the point is to the story. The acting is the strongest part and that's saying a lot because it's not good. Gary has no charm, no humor even from Simon Pegg even works, Gweneth is terribly unlikeable. Cruz is the just ok and she's the best thing unfortunately. This all leads to horrifically bad pacing, especially in the final act where it goes off the rails. I thought in the middle it was finally starting to tell a cohesive story with Cruz & Freeman meeting in real life but it wasn't clear what the payoff of that was in the end. Skip this. It's mind boggling how incoherent this is. This feels like this should've came out in 1974. See more 07/08/2019 I could only watch half an hour of this disjointed mess. What possessed so many well-known actors to appear in this rubbish is beyond me! See more 02/11/2015 Has some interesting ideas, but kinda bungles the execution, especially in the third act, where things are played for pathos that just haven't been developed at all; like, were we supposed to feel sad that he was gonna stop using his dream sex-slave? Or happy that he was trying to win back his horrible wife? However, Paltrow has a nice rhythm to his scenes, even if his pacing overall is bad, and I liked the actors (Cruz is great, especially in the real-life scenes, and Freeman and Pegg made me laugh). See more Fausto M @RT94255985 03/30/2014 A film with a very interesting concept that unfortunately never fully develops. In some ways intriguing & in others sadly boring. The performances & cinematography make this film enjoyable but unfortunately once the film ends there's no payoff. You're left either wanting something from the film or angry for even expecting more. See more 03/28/2013 weird and no intriguing film! See more 03/24/2013 I actually enjoyed The Good Night, mostly thanks to the strong cast involved and the fact that the subject material is very intriguing. While I wasn't all too impressed with Gwyneth Paltrow, I found Martin Freeman and Penelope Cruz to be utterly fantastic in their respective roles. Despite the repetitiveness of the first half of the film, I still found it quite compelling and the characters relatable in some way, shape, or form; I also actually really liked the slow pacing of the film and especially the events leading to its conclusion - this is where the great soundtrack and Paltrow's filming technique truly flourish (although I have to say one of the scenes in the end made me jump). For a first time director, I thought Jake Paltrow did an exceptional job; sure, The Good Night is nothing groundbreaking, but it offers some interesting insight on dreams as well as a slow moving yet altogether satisfying story. See more Read all reviews

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