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Summary: How far would you go to forget someone?
Review: Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet star in this very original and hard to label drama that you will either love or hate. Carrey plays Joel, a depressed loner who meets free-spirit Clementine (Winslet). Their relationship runs its course, then each decides to use modern technology to erase the other from their memory. Most of the film takes place in Joel's mind as sights and sounds from their past flash before his unconscious and he finds he doesn't really want to forget her.
This movie is more art-house than mainstream, and is made up of an endless montage of psychedelic sights and sounds that you will either find fascinating or tedious. It is a trip into the subconscious where things rarely make sense. Images of childhood are chaotically blended with recent memories, leaving Joel (and the audience) to sort it all out.
Jim Carrey gives a touching and mature performance mixing sadness, desire, and fear. If you like strikingly visual and surreal interpretations of the mind, you will enjoy this film.
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Summary: A little too eternal
Review: Once again Kaufman treats us to a truly imanginative and unique script. Besides being a touching love story, the film accurately explores the fragmented and twisted nature of the human mind through vivid imagary and hypnotic dreamlike atmospheres. However, it did seem somewhat padded. The cat and mouse game got slightly tedious toward the end. Perhaps this screenplay was adapted from a short story, because it certainly feels like it.
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Summary: Great plot ideas but sloppy execution..
Review: Overall, the only saving grace the movie had was an original ideas but I think the execution was somewhat sloppy. Jim Carrey's acting lacks the depth and he looks like he is playing the Truman show all over again. Also, many parts of the plot were not tight and definitely not a "page turner". I think this is a "cool, intelligent movie" wannabe..It is very over-rated and nowhere in the same league as "Memento", "Pulp Fiction" and the French movie - "He loves me, He Loves me not." Kate Winslet is generally a good actress but her acting here was nothing to write home about... Disappointing.. I had much higher expectations from reading all the reviews.
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Summary: Probably Kaufman's Best
Review: Surprising enough, given the inclinations of his doppelgangers in the films he has written, I think Charlie Kaufman truly understands love. This is, in fact, quite obvious upon watching Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In the first scene, we see Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) skip work impulsively and take a Long Island train to Montauk. There he sees Clementine Kruczynski (Kate Winslet) and they have a cute, though uncomfortable, meeting scene. But in a Kaufman film, nothing is as it seems, and we soon realize that this is not the first time Joel and Clementine have met. In fact, they have just ended an unhappy love affair and chosen to have each other erased from their memories. This is only the first time switch that we will be presented with. But the beauty of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is that the film is not hard to follow. The memory-erasing process is not remotely science-fiction in its presentation and is explained within the context of the story. Dr. Howard Mierzwiak (Tom Wilkinson) operates Lacuna, Inc. with help from eraser Stan (Mark Ruffalo), his girlfriend Mary (Kirsten Dunst) the receptionist, and co-eraser Patrick (Elijah Wood). When Joel discovers through a friend that Clementine has had him erased, he vindictively goes to do the same, but then realizes--right in the middle of the process--that perhaps even bad memories are better than no memories at all. I'm always very impressed by films that use special effects to enhance the storyline instead of substituting for it. The scene in Amelie where she melts is a perfect example. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the same way. While Joel is having his memory erased, we are taken through scenes from his and Clementine's relationship and we watch as the memory is erased bit by bit. One scene in a bookstore is particularly effective as the titles on the books begin to fade until the shelves are filled with white. In other scenes, people's faces will turn unrecognizable, giving the whole thing an eerie effect. Charlie Kaufman is undoubtedly one of the more original screenwriters Hollywood has working today. So far, the four films (not including Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) he has released have been directed by only two different directors--Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry--and they both began by directing music videos. I think this is an example of the kind of cinematic vision that it takes to interpret Kaufman's work. Michel Gondry directs Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with a sure eye for the material, something that was missing from their previous collaboration, Human Nature. The cast is uniformly excellent. Jim Carrey loses his usual antics entirely, even when playing a four-year-old version of himself. I hope he has stopped "trying" to win an Academy Award, because this may be the year he takes it. Kate Winslet is a little out of her element as Clementine but she pulls it off wonderfully by just letting the script tell her what to do. Kirsten Dunst is becoming the go-to girl for fully ripe portrayals--she uses her body to its best advantage (there is a long scene where she is only wearing a T-shirt and panties), but as long as it's okay with her, it's okay with me. And it is really quite a relief to see Elijah Wood playing a decidedly non-heroic role. I had not seen Mark Ruffalo before--though I heard a lot about his work in You Can Count on Me--but he is truly solid, even a standout among this stellar cast. I've had to hold back on the description of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind because a lot of the joy is in discovery and going along in the story with the characters. But, by all means, you must see it. It is Kaufman's best film yet--it may be his masterpiece, and I really liked Adaptation. If he continues to improve as he has been, we are really in for a show ten or twenty years down the road.
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Summary: Oh My Darling Clementine
Review: This has got to be one of the best movies I have ever seen. The first time I saw it it blew me away, I have seen it a couple of times since and it still is mind-blowing. It is the story of Joel (Carrey) and Clementine (Winslet) who break up after a rocky two year relationship, Joel goes to see Clementine and she doesn't know who he is and he finds out that she has had a new procedure done that erased her memories of him so out of bitterness he decides to have it done too. Only while it is being done he realizes that he would rather have the memories of her and know that he could love that much and be that angry than not have those experiences at all.
I wouldn't say that this film is a comedy it has some funny moments, it is really a drama it makes me sad every time I watch it. It is not a film for everyone you have to have an open mind and even if you find it confusing watch it to the end it will all be explained.
I will say one thing though, don't watch it before you go to sleep it will give you the freakest dreams ever (I won't make that mistake twice.)
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Summary: Inspiring
Review: This was definately one of the best movies I've ever seen. Not only is it a defining romance, but it also excels in revealing the human condition and shows a sign of humans thats rarely shown. It was an amazing movie and I definately recommend it to anyone! One of the deepest movies I've seen in a while...
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Summary: Truly unlike anything I've ever seen!
Review: When love almost dies, we get hurt and angry and sometimes forget, that the enjoyng the good times is the other side of the coin from enduring the tough times. To give up one you give up the other. Would it be worth it? That is the premise of this imaginative film. You have to be in the right emotional place to enjoy this film.
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