Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: A wonderfully warped romance which makes appreciate what you have.

Rating: 8/10 (27 February 2020)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
A story about Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) and Clementine Kruczynski (Kate Winslet), a couple of misfits that become romantically involved, lavishing in the passion of their fire. The fire soon dies and but they endure a messy break-up. Clementine has her memories of Joel erased, and in retaliation does the same to himself. As his memories of Clementine are slowly erased, he realizes how much he still loves her and tries to save his memories of her.
The performances by the actors and actresses, are incredible. Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet were able to play each rise and fall of emotion as their own. When an actor or actress can do that and play the emotion in their facial expression, it can make you feel exactly what their character is experiencing. Their pain and their joy,their sadness and embarrassment, and their love and their hate. I applaud to anyone who possesses this ability, and Jim Carrey does this beautifully. And Kate Winslet can portray her of the free spirit who can't be satiated, is played astoundingly.
I also wonder how ethical Mary Svevo's (Kirsten Dunst) actions were, when she returned the tapes to the clients of Dr. Howard Mierzwiak (Tom Wilkinson). Did she violate Doctor-Patient confidentiality by doing that? I think, absolutely yes! I understand wanting to bring what was rightfully their's, but she doesn't know the content of those memories and the can of worms she probably opened by doing that.
The start of the movie, although confusing, began to make more sense as the movie progressed . A factor that helped was the changing of Clementine's hair color. In the beginning her hair was blue, then when the first met it was green, then red, then orange. Finally, at the end of the movie, her hair is once again blue. An excellent way to bring the whole movie back full circle.
The ending leaves you thinking, if this time, Joel and Clementine will stay together or will they crash and burn the same way as before? No relationship is perfect; relationships have problems, they can be messy, and they can turn sour; but when both sides commit, work together, love and support each other, you can find something magnificent. I think that it won't be perfect, they will fight, argue, and it'll need work. But when you really work at something, I mean REALLY work at it, you are left with something that you will be proud of. I personally know this to be true.
Watching this movie, made me think of the people in my life that I've grown to hold so dearly. How despite whatever happens between them and you, you both still care about each other and will forgive each other for. This movie made me think, how you don't realize what you have until it's gone. How so quickly, something can take that away and you are left wondering: What happened? I always found to those who really love each other can't stay made; take me with my younger sibling. Despite us getting in an argument like siblings do, we can easily start laughing and joking not long after.
Another favorite movie of mine, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I would highly recommend this movie to those wanting to watch something that stays with you, in a sense. It made me appreciate the people I have in my life and how thankful I am to have them. If I ever lost them, I'm not sure what I would do.