Talking about 'Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind'

Its kind of hard to know where to begin with this because there are just so many reasons as to why I love this film. This film is one of the films that bought about my passion in films and showed me that a film can be a piece of art. I am in love with this film.

The synopsis of this film is that a couple partake in a procedure to delete each other from their memories when there relationship begins to go south, but during this procedure they re-experience these memories and realize why they were together in the first place. It is a basic yet complex love story. We can relate to both Joel and Clementine despite how absurd the extreme is that they're taking to get over there break up. I love seeing natural characters go through out of this world experiences. This film gives us a complex plot with a lot of fun opportunities for both interesting visuals and set pieces. Yet the story never loses sight of its characters. The characters are what drives this film and the story embraces that. The complex parts of this film are amazing.

Jim Carrey plays the part of Joel with an amazing amount of nuance and subtlety. Joel is nothing like any other character Carrey has portrayed. He isn’t loud, he isn’t exceptionally funny, he’s the polar opposite. Joel is likeable, sympathetic, timid and feels so so real. He does the whole ‘socially awkward’ thing perfectly, which is no easy feat because in so many films that kind of character can come off as obnoxious and over the top. For such a quiet and resolved character to be able to lead a film so well is incredibly impressive and this, along with Truman is my favorite Jim Carrey performance. As for Kate Winslet as Clementine, she also delivers an incredible performance. Clementine is a chaotic mess who really shouldn’t be with anyone like Joel, yet we love her. Both of these characters are so different but work so well together and you really hope everything’ll be okay in the end for the two of them. Two incredible characters in an equally incredible film. All of the other actors do a great job too, Elijah Wood in particular. Patrick is a beautifully tragic and disturbed character. Very well played.

Michael Gondry is one of my favorite directors and one of the directors that showed me that films can be a work of art. This film is so brilliantly directed. The cinematography is cold and natural which suits the film perfectly. The natural approach to directing in this film feels so perfect in a film that feels so natural. The visuals in this film become more and more surreal as the film continues. The scenes in this film transition seamlessly.

If you haven't seen this film go watch it. It is a beautiful film which will always be one of my favorites. A true work of art.

4/4 Stars