Another Brilliant Movie from Kauffman

Rating: 10/10 (31 March 2004)

If you thought that Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Human Nature were all just luck, maybe this one will prove you wrong. Following up his best commercially successful film to date, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine does not disappoint. Besides a brilliant plot and storyline, Kauffman and Gondry team up to provide another truly original film with creative editing, shots, and casting. Jim Carrey once again proves that he can hold his own in dramatic roles, and Kate Winslett provides a perfect counter balance. They don't dress her up too pretty and she pulls off being a 'normal' girl (better than Diaz in Being John). I don't really think that Kirsten Dunst's role was necessary at all, it seems like that part of the storyline was added at the end to appease the studio and provide some twist and conflict. I thought the movie was so emotional that it didn't need to end any other way. Then again, it seems that Kauffman's movies always contain some superfluous female roles (maybe he can't write women well), remember Julia Roberts in Dangerous Mind.

Anyhow... Overall, one of the best movies I have seen since Adaptation.