Like a drunken night out - worth the pain every time

Rating: 9/10 (19 May 2004)

It's very annoying to see films of this type being advertised as a comedy. If you say the film is a comedy and has Jim Carey people will always expect Ace Ventura. But hey, that's the only (or easy) way for marketing to promote a film of this caliber. Rest assured many people fooled by the deception will very likely find they enjoy this 'black' comedy that has a lot to say about memory and love and pain.
The film shows us what love is about and how to hate someone is simply an extension of that same love. Questioning the idea of having painful memories removed and if you will loose the benefit of not repeating past mistakes.
Without contradicting myself I would have to say this is almost a comedy but mostly a drama. Not sure I would even think of this as science fiction, more fantasy really. A romantic film in a traditional sense of the word (rose tinted look of the world) and can't say that bothers me in the slightest.
This film made me think about what it is to be in love and the old saying "it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."