Ode to Joy
2019
⏱️ 97 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
ComedyDramaRomance
Charlie suffers from a serious disease that causes acute narcolepsy whenever he is happy. Although he develops a variety of techniques to deny himself pleasure and deal with his sleep issues, they’re put to the test when he falls in love.
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Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend.
The concept of living a life without "joy" is intriguing, but it doesn't feel like a very cinematic story as a concept. The movie takes great pains to try to compensate for this. I believe the casting definitely helped here.
And sure I understand guys fainting at the thought of being with Morena Baccin, but I'm not about to kick Melissa Rauch out of bed either. Both ladies brought their abilities to the roles excellently.
While the movie is fun, the motives are rather crossed and you're forced to try to think a bit more than you normally would as the story lends towards you thinking like he thinks to understand a bit better.
Overall a great little love story though.
January 12, 2021
Crew
Director
Jason Winer
Writer
Max Werner
Producer
Ira Glass, Michael Lasker, Pamela Thur
Production
Mosaic, IFC FIlms, Small Dog Picture Company, This American Life
Keywords
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