One of the best love stories put to film.

Rating: 10/10 (3 December 2019)

Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind is one of the most beautiful and sad love stories of all time. The characters are relatable, the situation is realistic, and most of all the relationships feels real. Every single line in this film is realistic, logical, and oftentimes beautifully truthful. You can tell Kaufman takes inspiration from his own life through the honesty of each characters insecurity, memories and moments that they observe, which is inspiring as an artist, and even more as a writer.
The story is interesting and gripping, while still being honest and slow, while it offers interesting set design, cinematography and other directorial expressionism that is unique and technically interesting with its effects.
I think Joel and Clementine will stay together, and finally accept that they need to be together because of how colossal this event is. If Joel didn't care and really don't want to be with her, he would have listened to the tape and moved on, but he clearly did, because he came back.
I think it is moral to release the tapes because the patients should know. Everyone has a right to know what or who was in their lives, and I think that's the whole point of the film, that you learn from those memories and experiences.