If Only My Mind Were Spotless

Rating: 10/10 (4 July 2005)

This movie was fantastic on so many different levels. I have often wished upon the stars to have my mind wiped clean of bad relationships, tears, break-ups and losses. Yet after watching this I realize that all those events helped to create the person I am today (for better or worse...)...this movie is about celebrating the nuances of togetherness, the trials and the victories...Kate Winslet is enthralling as Clementine, who reminds me of every cool, kooky, sincere girl I ever knew. The Jim Carrey character is a sweet guy; not an ounce of malice there-- but his fatal flaw lies in his fear of accepting all that Clementine is (he only wanted to be with one dimension of her being). I felt horrible for the Kirsten Dunst girl; she was a pawn in the Doctor's game. She was the standout 'victim' in the movie. Elijah Wood's character was eerie...kinda stalkerish...
I love the editing; the amazing cuts from scene to scene. The shots out on Long Island were great.
All in all, this movie made me cry and think and drive down to the coast to think about old loves-- long erased-- to the passing of time.