A work of genius

Rating: 10/10 (19 March 2004)

This film is a dazzlingly original and innovative piece of work. The story revolves around the erasure of painful memories from a relationship, and the consequences that can lead out of such a procedure. Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet are both excellent in the lead roles, Carrey lending weight to an otherwise average role. You have to be concentrating hard to follow a lot of it though, because much of it isnt in the right order, and it jumps between reality, memories and distorted memories. But once youve got the hang of it, you can really appreciate it as one of the most inventive Hollywood pictures in years. In a way, this is to be expected from the mind of Charlie Kaufman, but this film is more complete and satisfactory than his other major achievements, Being John Malkovich and Adaptation. It connects on much more of an emotional level than either of those pictures, and by the end leaves you in total admiration for the people who could think up and execute such a marvellous and wondrous film. See it, and then see it again to truly appreciate it.