A Melancholic Yet Heartwarming Film from the Genius that is Charlie Kaufman

Rating: 9/10 (29 May 2019)

I'm just gonna start off by saying Charlie Kaufman the films screenwriter is an absolute genius. He is my favorite screenwriter of all time and in fact one of my favorite writers in general. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind follows Joel after he has broken up with his long term girlfriend Clementine and has fallen into deep sadness before realizing she has had him erased from her memory and decides to do the same with her. Eternal sunshine decides to take on the topic of break ups but somehow doesn't manage to give off a negative and bleak moral but actually a heartfelt and uplifting one. Eternal sunshine can be quite melancholic at times as to be expected from a film about breakups but it also presents memory's of happy and sweet moments in Joel's life spliced in so the film doesn't have a to bleak outlook. Jim Carrey in one of his only serious roles is incredible as the quiet anti-social Joel and has amazing chemistry with his co star Kate Winslet who also gives in an amazing performance as the eccentric Clementine. The directing and effects is amazing in the film with moments in Joel's mind having things disappear in frame being especially memorable. But ultimately the story is king in this film with a beautiful melancholic yet heartwarming moral at the center of it and an incredible performance from the two leads.