Review of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) by Calvin C — 09 Feb 2013

Technically, it's a sci-fi romance, but not really. It's a barrage of stunning visual effects, mixed with great acting, and a deep screenplay. In this film, Jim Carrey plays Joel Barish who finds out his girlfriend Clementine, played by Kate Winslet, has erased all of her memories of him through a new medical procedure.

Out of bitterness and pride he decides to undergo the same procedure. We get an inside look at Joel Barish's mind, and memories as they are being erased. Over the course of the procedure Joel realizes that some memories are worth keeping.

In the end both their memories of each other are erased, but the moral of the story is that fate cannot be erased. The film also features Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood, and David Cross. Amazing cinematography, it's filmed very much like a dream, very "trippy" at times, but overall very cool.

It's also got Beck on the soundtrack, so it couldn't really fail.