Michel Gondry's fourth feature -- his second without cowriter Charlie Kaufman (HUMAN NATURE, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND) -- dares to imagine a world momentarily freed from copyright laws and intellectual property protections, where the movies we watch can become the stories we retell to one another and function in much the same way folktales once served troubadours, work songs and jazz musicians. Gondry's commitment to these artistic ideals is no doubt sincere -- the whole film has a rag-tag, purposefully shambolic feel -- but this communal commitment to a DIY aesthetic is also his undoing, particularly when he allows an irritatingly manic Jack Black to ru...
Released:
2008
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
101 mins