SLEEPLESS IN NEW YORK 92 minutes. See Movies. Rating: NNN
People recovering from recent breakups reveal all to the camera, and in one case submit to medical experiments to show the effect of the experience on their brain chemistry.
The results are intriguing, especially the scientific findings, which show the pain of heartbreak isn’t just emotional: it’s comparable to tooth pain.
Director Christian Frei relies a bit too much on images of glum subway patrons to illustrate his points. But he’s given lots of material by anthropologist Helen Fisher, who besides being wonderfully warm, articulate and funny about the subject also opens up about her own middle-aged venture into the dating scene.
