Gondry definitely has incredible talent for presenting visual imagery and navigating complex human relationship. This was an incredibly well done visual film, which, ironically, is why I had problems with this film. I found myself just watching...
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Gondry definitely has incredible talent for presenting visual imagery and navigating complex human relationship. This was an incredibly well done visual film, which, ironically, is why I had problems with this film. I found myself just watching and not being involved with the characters or story. Unfair as it is, I can't help but miss the emotional punch that he had done with Eternal Sunshine.

Visual masterpiece. Compelling fantasy and twisted love story. Romantic characters in the classical definition of the word, with notions and often times twisted and inconceivable dreams. You'll either love this or hate it...I doubt there will...
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Visual masterpiece. Compelling fantasy and twisted love story. Romantic characters in the classical definition of the word, with notions and often times twisted and inconceivable dreams. You'll either love this or hate it...I doubt there will be much middle ground for it is like a painting, mixed up, confused, and just plain out there. But once you see the magic of the heart revealed and how the dream of things we all want is part of the reality of our own deepest illusions, as it smiles on the characters, it will all fall into place.
What a great film.
Be warned, it's in three languages...sort of. Plenty of it is in English, but there are subtitles for the Spanish and French.