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Ode to Joy

2019

Jason Winer

Martin Freeman, Morena Baccarin, Melissa Rauch, Jake Lacy ...

5.2

362

Romance. Comedy Charlie (Martin Freeman) suffers from cataplexy, a symptom of narcolepsy that causes sudden bouts of paralysis whenever he experiences strong emotions -- in particular, joy. He develops a variety of techniques to deny himself too much pleasure and happiness, but they're put to the ultimate test when he falls in love with gorgeous Francesca (Morena Baccarin).

	Media	Author	Review
		Tomris Laffly Variety	"Winer’s consistently unfunny romantic comedy lacks energy, sexual chemistry and smarts. It might as well be called 'Bored to Death.'"
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"'Ode to Joy' fails to live up to its title by attempting to wring comic mileage from a medical condition that sufferers probably don't find very funny."
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"Excessively contrived (...) Mildly pleasurable"
		Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"[It] takes a fascinating and unusual tale and processes it into pap (...) The movie was inspired by a real person but nearly everything that happens here plays as phony."

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