Charlie Kaufman's masterpiece

Rating: Null/10 (14 April 2004)

(possible spoilers ahead)
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of the most beautiful and logical movies to come along. I love Charlie Kaufman, but Adaptation and Being John Malkovich don't quite make it anywhere near my top favorite movies list.
It's a perfect role for Jim Carrey... he can be play serious, but his character is still wacky and ends up making you laugh.
The beginning of the movie almost scared me... "Oh no, is Jim Carrey going to throw himself a pity party over the loss of his beloved Clementine" I thought.
Luckily, things warm up and it even has a happy ending, so it makes the trip into Jim Carrey's mind worthwhile. Of course, the line that James Verini of the LA Times attached onto was "I'm in my head already aren't I?"
I would have not even caught this line if it had not been pointed out by the reviewer. Chaos is all around Jim's character when he almost mumbles the line. Later in the movie, he should have said something to the effect or "Clementine is in my head already, isn't she?"
This is a journey of Clementine and Joel Barish through Joel's mind. The reviews make it sound like Joel has to figure out how to save Clementine from being erased. He doesn't have to figure out anything. Clementine herself comes up with the idea of running to different parts of the brain where they won't look for them.
The plot sounds almost cheesy, but it's a heartwrenching and eye-opening tale sort of like Annie Hall, only it's fantasy and it doesn't end up so terribly sad. 10/10