Ode to Joy

9/8/20191h 37m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ He's never been happier. And that's the problem. ~

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.

Director:

Jason Winer

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$17,303.00

Key words:

breast cancer
tough love
troubled relationship
librarian
neurology
catalepsy
brother brother relationship
love story

Cast

Martin Freeman

~ as ~

Charlie

Morena Baccarin

~ as ~

Francesca

Jake Lacy

~ as ~

Cooper

Melissa Rauch

~ as ~

Bethany

Shannon Woodward

~ as ~

Liza

Ellis Rubin

~ as ~

Victor

Jane Curtin

~ as ~

Aunt Sylvia

Adam Shapiro

~ as ~

Marvin

Jackie Seiden

~ as ~

Jan

Ravi Cabot-Conyers

~ as ~

Deangelo

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Reviews (1)

Kamurai
Written 4 year(s) ago
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 understand guys fainting at the thought of being with Morena Baccin, but I'm not about to kick Melissa Rauch out of bed either. Both ladies brought their abilities to the roles excellently.

While the movie is fun, the motives are rather crossed and you're forced to try to think a bit more than you normally would as the story lends towards you thinking like he thinks to understand a bit better.

Overall a great little love story though.