When we watched this film for the first time a few years back, we were awed, and would declare it one of our favourite films, of entertainment and high emotional acuity. On re-watch, we were dissapointed insofaras these expectations. Not that it isn't anything but a very good film, but it does not really reach the heights we had remembered.
Gondry's style is, for all his professed artiness, really rather typical Hollywood, of fast cuts. The grainy handheld is a little different, and hats off to Winslett and Carrey for still putting in decent performances amongst all the cuts.
The themes are well evoked, it is a charming story that largely steers clear of cliches. It doesn't ever quite reach a point of maturity in the way that, say, 'Hana-Bi' does; it remains stuck in a slightly childish individualism, but so far as this mine goes, it plumbs it well.
There are a few nice images, the night time house and the handheld cameras in corridors.
So, an intermittently moving film, that is charming and a fast watch, if not quite able to rise beyond 'very good'.
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