Never thought I'd come across a love story to top Annie Hall...

Rating: 10/10 (22 March 2004)

I think there will be people who won't be able to handle the lack of sarcasm in the film. Anyone looking for a feature-length sitcom won't find it here. The humor's amazing without leaning on tired sorts of irony or in-jokey pop-culture references. The performances are surprising, the story is riveting and fantastically twisted, and the entire film is incredibly thoughtful. Strangely perfect and accurate. It covers so much ground. Kaufman & Gondry never condescend to their audience-- the whole film builds like a puzzle-- it's like lucid dreaming in a theater full of people.