Total Recall meets Lost in Translation

Rating: 9/10 (24 March 2004)

When I say "Eternal Sunshine..." is "Total Recall meets Lost in Translation"...I'm referring to "Translation" in a figurative rather than a literal sense. I don't mean to imply this movie deals with a foreign language and culture, though it's dizzying flashback pace may appear incomprehensible at times (not to mention, the world of human interaction/relationships,as we all know, could use a translator now and then). Carrey seems at home in this dramatic tour de force in a way that Schwarzenegger never could. It has that classic "independent movie" flavor...with character development and a compelling (if not confusing) story line. Let's just say, its no "Emperors' New Clothes" homage to the Coppola name...there is true substance in this reflective genre.