
Variety
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 reviewThe 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.
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 reviewIt's a very Kaufmanesque narrative experiment, technically ingenious and sophisticated.
Full reviewDespite jumping through the deliberately disorienting hoops of its story, has an emotional center and that's what makes it work.
Full reviewA bold and venturesome trip down memory lane as only writer Charlie Kaufman could imagine it.
Full reviewSome people may find the early going tough, but this remarkable movie is in possession of a serious mind and a rare, true heart.
Full reviewWe aren’t aware of any way to watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in New Zealand. If we’ve got that wrong, please contact us.
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