BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Jeffrey Brooks Martin Freeman plays a jingle writer whose life is all about playing it safe, while being a musician. Then, he begins to have random lucid dreams about an ideal woman, whom he becomes obsessed with.Martin's character wanders through the range of explorations that someone might go through in search of a way to make the dream girl real. These are classic endeavors, and quite funny.Finally he sees his dream girl on a poster on the side of a bus. He uses his connections in the advertising world to find out who she is, and to arrange a meeting. When he meets his dream girl in real life, played by Penélope Cruz,he finds her less than perfect on her interior.As a lucid dreamer I found this movie to be an impressive portrayal of what lucid dreaming can be like. Experiencing an ideal person, and feeling intense attraction for that person, are common themes in lucid dreaming. The beauty of this movie is Jake Paltrow (writer and director) got that the ideal person, in reality, might just be the wrong person.

Argemaluco What a big disappointment.But I had to expect it...the film The Good Night has an impressive cast but it was however kept "canned" for almost two years.Now,after its mediocre performance on various markets around the world,this uninteresting and very boring film was released on DVD in my country.The characters from this movie are superficial and this movie is composed by tedious scenes which lack of any energy or interest.The only thing which adds some points to this very poor movie are the performances from the previously mentioned cast,which in spite of dealing with bad material,can efficiently transmit to the spectator some of their respective talents,like humor (Martin Freeman and Simon Pegg),drama (Gwyneth Paltrow and Penélope Cruz) and indescribable presence (Danny DeVito and Michael Gambon).The Good Night was the first work as a director and screenwriter from Jake Paltrow (Gwyneth's brother),and although he could attract a very solid cast,he constructed a very weak screenplay while as a director,he could not find a good style,rhythm or tone for this movie.This may be a short commentary but I have already lost enough time with this movie,so as a final warning,I suggest you not to see it.

ngruber-1 It's a real bummer when you see the potential in a cast but the script doesn't live up to their abilities. The directing is adept, the camera-work is nice but ultimately I don't get anything out of this film. You have a character who escapes from his naggy one dimensional girlfriend to a model in some billboard prancing around on a beach. If we are going to get into why dreams are cool please spare us the old cliché of some hot chick on a beach. Clichés or not the biggest crime of the film is that it has no point. I am not invested int he flimsy characters and I don't buy the story. It's a true feat when we spend half of a film inside a character's head and learn almost nothing about him. Paltrow needs a lesson from Fellini, Bunuel and some others who know how to make a dream interesting...

mrtimlarabee There's something about dreams that requires relaxation and patience. They have a certain fluidity about them that if they're hurried or rushed they just aren't as effective. As is fitting for a film about dreams, "The Good Night" works because of good acting and gentle pacing. The result is one of those good old fashioned dark comedies that walks the line between drama and dark humor.Martin Freeman is one of these actors that takes grips on the "average guy" role and has as much fun as he can with it. As Gary, the band member turned commercial music composer, he is effective in demonstrating his lack of joy in his current relationship with Dora (Gwyneth Paltrow) and sinking into obsessive dreams about the make believe Anna (Penelope Cruz). Freeman is always a good lead because no matter what he does, he's likable and we're always rooting him on, even as Dora calls him a jerk and she's probably right at one point.But a lot of the humor in the film comes from the supporting players. Simon Pegg is always a no brainer for comedy because of his spot on delivery. As Gary's friend and boss, Paul, he jumps into the role of the somewhat amoral friend with his own relationship problems. However, he does still listen to Gary and even takes joy in some of his obsessiveness.Then there's Danny Devito, playing the typical Danny Devito character as he hosts a dream support group but works odd jobs and hasn't had a relationship of his own for over 40 years. Despite all this, he still hears Gary out and Gary takes a lot of his advice. Devito has a lot of good one liners and a very funny introduction scene.As to the movie as a whole, it's good but not great. Definitely worth a look. Part of me saw this as a dark comedy going through the motions and becoming very predictable as we got closer to the end. The premise was very fresh though and director Jake Paltrow really seizes the opportunity of capturing the dreamlike quality of some of the scenes. The performances and well paced direction really glue the movie together though, and at 90 minutes, it's not a bad movie to give a watch.