Gondry’s first feature in eight years, and it’s possibly the worst movie he has ever made.

Tempers Gondry's trademark naiveté and lack of narrative discipline with a self-critical examination of his strengths and weaknesses as an artist if only to salute the survival of his child mind in the film industry as its own little wonder.

The Book of Solutions is -- first and foremost -- a high-energy ode to the joys of being possessed by a creative spirit, and the pleasure that Gondry takes in telling a plot-light story that’s driven by pure invention is both palpable and contagious.

The Book of Solutions is better enjoyed for its unbridled inventiveness than its commentary on filmmaking at large, as well as for Gondry's idiosyncrasies, back in full force.