Synopsis
Gary, a musician, is trapped in an unhappy relationship with his live-in lover, Dora. He becomes enthralled with a beautiful seductress who enters his dreams, and tries to control his dream-state so he can spend more and more time with her. When Gary sees his mystery woman's face on a bus billboard, he discovers she is real, and fate brings him an opportunity to meet her.
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Cast
- Martin FreemanGary Shaller
- Gwyneth PaltrowDora Epstein
- Penélope CruzAnna / Melodia
- Simon PeggPaul
- Danny DeVitoMel
- Amber SealeyTerry
- Sonia DoubellShawna
- Steffan BojeKarlheinz
- Michael GambonAlan Weigert
- Stephen GrahamVictor
Recommendations
- 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Jake Paltrow's comedy takes familiar male-angst material and turns it into a painful--but fun--string of jokes. - 70
Variety
Though its forays into the subconscious may strike more adventurous cinematic palettes as precious and unimaginative, few will be able to resist Martin Freeman's appealing lead turn or the wry Brit wit that gives this fanciful confection a robust comic core. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
The filmmaker's got good taste -- and luck -- in casting. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
There is a fine idea for a romantic comedy in Jake Paltrow's The Good Night but the writer-director, in his debut feature, never develops it much beyond the idea stage. - 50
Village Voice
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 earlier this year. - 50
New York Post
The Good Night is at heart a mediocre Sundance variation on the Dudley Moore-Bo Derek alleged classic "10." - 50
New York Daily News
As thin and wispy as a dream you can't quite remember in the morning, writer-director Jake Paltrow's The Good Night wastes the ample comedy talent of Martin Freeman, turns his famous sister Gwyneth into a shrew, and makes you wish Danny DeVito had directed the movie instead of acting in it. - 40
Salon
There's a gloomy quality to The Good Night I sort of appreciated -- much of it was shot in London, although it's supposed to occur in New York -- but after the initial acerbic setup fades, Gary becomes less and less likable and the movie evaporates into nothing.
