Let's be honest, everyone has had one of "those" relationships where you're never quite sure where you stand with your significant other. When the times are good, they are good, but when they're bad, it's like something your wouldn't wish on your worst enemy. But would you want to get rid of all the memories even after the good times stopped?In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind a guy named Joel falls in love with a girl named Clementine. Eventually though they split up and when Joel learns that Clementine has undergone a memory erasing procedure, so she doesn’t remember him or their relationship, he decides to do the same. But during the process, he realizes that he wants to keep his memories of Clementine and attempts to stop the procedure.
Jim Carrey’s performance as Joel, a self-doubting introvert, was human and terrific. It is such a switch from the way he usually acts that it elevated the entire film. He had great chemistry with Kate Winslet (who gave a good performance as the free spirited Clementine), and the rest of the cast was solid. The originality of the story along with the dialogue was another strong aspect of the film and screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (who scripted Adaptation and Being John Malkovich) deserves all the accolades he gets for this screenplay. Michel Gondry’s direction was top notch as he takes us into Joel’s mind and then proceeded to literally rip away at his memories using a myriad of special effects and photographic tricks. The best aspect of the film however had to be that it was a compelling love story. Not ripe with the sickly sweetness you would see in a Meg Ryan romantic comedy, this film gave you a picture of love, the good and bad parts, and made you realize that all those experiences you’ve had in dealing with it, makes you the person you are and to take them away would turn you into something less than a human being.
Grade: A
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