I Can't See Your Face In My Mind

Rating: Null/10 (12 April 2004)

In "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", lovers Joel (Jim Carrey)and Clementine (Kate Winslet), have had a falling out. Impulsively, Clementine undergoes a procedure to have all her memories of Joel erased. A crushed Joel follows suit, only to change his mind after the process has begun. Much of the film takes place in Joel's mind, in the memories he is desperate to keep. Did I mention this is a Charlie Kaufman screenplay?
Kaufman's twisted story is in good hands with director Michel Gondry, whose inventive visuals border on the magical. Grounded in fine performances by the leads, the film is also deeply felt and heartbreaking romantic. Carrey's scruffy, sad-eyed Joel and Winslet's free-spirited Clementine are fully realized characters who truly seem to need one another.

Beautiful, moving, and undeniably unique, "Eternal Sunshine" is a movie to remember.