Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
(2004)The unique oddball romantic comedy, written by the inventive Charlie Kaufman and directed by French low-fi innovator Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine used a wacky premise – a couple undergo a scientific procedure to erase their memories of each other after things turn sour – to explore the tentative joy of a new relationship. Featuring career-best performances from Jim Carrey as the shy Joel and Kate Winslet as the free-spirited Clementine, Eternal Sunshine is best remembered for the army of visual tricks Gondry uses to convey the emotions of the mind. This was the love story of the decade.
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Best Screenplay, Academy Awards 2005.
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Directed by Michel Gondry
Starring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, Kirsten Dunst
Written by Charlie Kaufman
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
This one was very funny and totally heart warming. I thaught that Jim Carrey was awsome and once again Kate Winslet stood out
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It's a very Kaufmanesque narrative experiment, technically ingenious and sophisticated. Full Review
A weird, visually woozy rom-com-in-reverse that charms, amuses and moves. Full Review
Some people may find the early going tough, but this remarkable movie is in possession of a serious mind and a rare, true heart. Full Review
Vibrant, warm and deliriously inventive. Full Review
Despite jumping through the deliberately disorienting hoops of its story, has an emotional center and that's what makes it work. Full Review
If films about coping with memory loss and/or reverse-order storytelling now constitute a mini-genre, then pic is arguably the best of the lot. Full Review
A bold and venturesome trip down memory lane as only writer Charlie Kaufman could imagine it. Full Review
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