Review of Mood Indigo (2013) by Esteban G — 13 Jul 2014
Kind of a spiritual sequel or brother to Science of Sleep, another French romantic movie by Michel Gondry who really has a genre of his own (like Tarantino or Hitchcock) as really being his best making Michel Gondry movies.
This is kind of a sublime minor work, or a good major work, I dunno. I want to love it, and some parts I do, and I was laughing through much of the first two thirds... and then the last quarter or so just gets so dark as to be intentionally the opposite of the first part of the movie, which has moments that seem almost out of fucking Pee-Wee's Playhouse.
Still, it's charming as hell, and having Duck Ellington is always a pleasure (and it feels a little less sleazy and satirical an homage than American Gangster).
This review of Mood Indigo (2013) was written by Esteban G on 13 Jul 2014.
Mood Indigo has generally received mixed reviews.
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