Moving, Haunting, Retrospective

Rating: 10/10 (7 April 2004)

I've long been a Kaufman devotee and with each piece he is evolving into a writer that forces us to regress back to our inner-most primitive core via the "peeled onion" approach. This is far and away the best film I've seen in years, moving me to recollect each one of my "failed" relationships with a new perspective and encouraging me to view my current with a renaissance that I feel (hope?) will endure. How many times must our hearts be ripped from our chests, thrown down and stomped on, shoved back in only to do it all over again, time after time until we get it right. An exceptional film that captures raw, pure emotion like none other before it, inspirational without being sappy, this is the "Annie Hall" of our time. I look forward to Kaufman's and Gondry's next projects, hopefully another collaboration. BTW, the soundtrack/score by Jon Brion is worthy of mention.