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Ode to Joy
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy tender romantic dramedies about guarded people learning to accept happiness despite illness and difficult family bonds.
- Tone
- bittersweet, romantic, warm
- Payoff
- comfort, swoon
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- love, self-denial, chronic illness, emotional vulnerability, family
- Setting
- contemporary, urban library and neighborhood spaces
Content dimensions
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