Eternal Boredom of the Dreary Mind

Rating: 6/10 (12 May 2006)

After the relationship between a couple sours, they don't just cut their losses and move on, letting time heal their wounds. No, the woman undergoes a novel procedure that selectively erases her memory of him. Not to be outdone, he decides to have the same procedure himself to purge her from his brain but then starts to have second thoughts during the procedure. After an intriguing start, the convoluted plot turns into a dreary mess, much like writer Kaufman's "Adaptation." It flashes forward and backward in time and veers from reality to dreams to subconscious thought to some combination thereof. The end result of all this brilliant movie-making is nausea for the viewer. It wastes a decent cast.