Ode to Joy

6.2
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Directed by: Jason Winer
Overview
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.
Review (1)
Kamurai (Rated: 7)
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...
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