Kaufman is a Kafka/Dickens for our times

Rating: Null/10 (23 March 2004)

Let me start by saying it is a long time since I have been totally entranced by a film, that I have been delighted, intellectually stimulated; hopeful, as I've seen there is a storyteller who can smartly tell a tale relevant to everyday life, timeless in theme and yet sensitive and nuanced in addressing concerns that are uniquely modern.
Hey, I liked it!
Kaufman, Gondry and the very strong ensemble cast have created a real work of art. All great Art comes from the Human Quest for Love. Who doesn't find love difficult? Faith, trust, hope intertwined... all elemental concerns of the Heart... There are many ways to fail and succeed in the quest for these eternal verities, but modernity provides us new ways to frustrate ourselves in pursuit of them... and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind shows us that despite the overwhelming power of our culture that can both save and harm us, connect and separate us...
Humanity can, with a leap of faith, maybe, save themselves...