Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition)

Media:	DVD
Directed by:	Michel Gondry
Starring:	Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson
Release date:	08 February, 2005
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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition)

Average rating: Stars

MIND-BLOWING!!!!!

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is absolutely MIND-BLOWING!!! It's absolutely one of the best films ever made. The direction, the writing, the acting... everything is brilliant! And Kate Winslet continues on amazing me with every performance. Charlie Kaufman is certainly a GENIUS, he first wowed me with Adaptation and now he gives me this, which is again MIND-BLOWING!! A MUST SEE!!!

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition) - Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet and more

Great movie.

I loved this movie. It was interesting and I loved how the process of deleting the memories was done, as in how it appeared in Joel's dreams. Very creative and hilarious. I also found it a bit sad how he would try to keep Clementine from being erased and in the end that they tried to enjoy the last memory together. I recommend this. It is romantic in a funny way. This isn't a cheesy romantic comedy and certainly worth getting.

Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet and more - Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Widescreen Edition)

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We all know how the saying goes: "It is better to have loved and lost than to not have loved at all." Just because something doesn't work out doesn't mean that it was a waste of time. It you're very lucky, you can learn from your mistakes. Everybody needs their memories, both good and bad-especially bad, to learn from them and not repeat them.

That is the basic point of 'Eternal Sunshine.' As the film opens, Joel (played to perfection by Jim Carrey) impulsivly skips work to go to Montauk. There he meets Clementine (the lovely and amazing Kate Winslet), a woman so different from him she might just be perfect for him. They have an instant bond and everything seems fine for these perfect strangers.

However, as the film continues, we find out, in a bout of dramatic irony, that Joel and Clem aren't strangers-they are past lovers who have no memory of each other. At the end of their crumbling relationship, Clem impulsivly had her memory of Joel ereased. Heartbroken and angry, Joel went to have the same procedure, founded by Howard Meirzwiak (Tom Wilkinson) and performed by technicians including Stan (Mark Ruffalo), Patrick (Elijah Wood, retiring gracefully from 'Lord of the Rings') and Mary (Kirsten Dunst). Most of the film takes place in Joel's head as he is having the procedure. He relives/remembers his memories with Clem, working backwards from the crumbling end. However, as time goes by (or backwards), he realizes that there were some really beautiful memories of them, and that they were in love. So he tries to "hide" her in memories where she doesn't belong, much to the frustration of the technicians doing the procedure. The film also cuts to the three technicians doing the procedure at Joel's house while he is asleep. We find out that Patrick is now dating Clem by using Joel's lines, and that Mary and Stan are lovers but she is in love with Howard, but she has no idea of her own past. In fact, it is Mary, not Joel or Clem, who makes a 180 and realizes the power of memory and tries to undo her, and others', mistakes.

I have no idea where to begin. This film was by far the best film of 2004. French music video director Michel Gondry uses his visual knowledge and wisdom to create a beautiful, wonderful and crazy atmosphere, using little to no special affects, just camera moves and choreography, to make wonders. Also, the freedom that he gives to his actors to improvise enhances all of their performances. If you aren't already familiar with composer Jon Brion's work (Magnolia, I Heart Huckabee's), I can assure you that you will now-his dreamy atmospheric music totally enhances the scenes in every way. Charlie Kaufman, the brilliant and manic mind behind the Oscar nominated films 'Being John Malkovich' and 'Adaptation' finally won his first Oscar for his crazy and beautiful script.

And then there's the acting. I am in total awe of Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey. You have never seen them in roles like these before. At first I was knocked out of my chair, waiting for them to suddenly become "themselves", but they never got out of character ONCE. Actually, their roles are switched-it is Jim Carrey playing the introverted and shy character and Kate Winslet playing the spontaneous and free character. On the outside they look like water and oil, but underneath the skin they are the same blue ruins.

As tough as the male competition was for Best Actor, I still argue and am shocked that Jim Carrey didn't get nominated for his role. He was totally inside Joel's head the entire time and you truly believed Jim's performance. Actually, it wasn't even a performance-he WAS Joel. And Kate Winslet proves that she is one of the greatest living actresses today. She keeps Clem exciting and witty, but also allowing us to see Clem's vulnerable side. As good as Hilary Swank was in Million Dollar Baby, I just really wanted to see Kate take home her first Oscar, in the most exciting performance of 2004. Jim and Kate have the best chemistry in a long draught of awful "romances" over the years-different as they are, they complete each other and you really believe why they are both in love and love each other. Together they were, well, spotless.

I can say without being over-entheusiastic that 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' is easily one of the best films ever made. It is wildly romantic, undeniably original, incredibly poignant, and surprisingly real. Mark my words: You will never forget 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.'