Perfect, Honest, Beautiful, challenging, thought provoking, and just simply, genius!

Rating: 10/10 (10 August 2017)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is definitely the best movie of 2004. Charlie Kaufman (Screenplay Writer) and Michel Gondry (Director) use memory erasing as a plot, but it actual works! The film shows the love story of two people (Joel and Clementine) who gravitated toward each other on a train, and end up falling in love. Clementine (played by Kate Winslet) ends up becoming unhappy in the relationship, and seeks out a company in which erases your memory, thus leading Joel (played by Jim Carrey) to do the same.
The Best way to describe this film for me is being on a familiar roller coaster, but once you get on, it does the most unique and crazy movements, and the ride is evoking several emotions.
From the opening scene, this movie starts gripping your attention, and it doesn't lose that firm grip until the very end of the film, where it makes you want more. Charlie Kaufman has stated in several interviews that he wants his film to be like a open discussion for the audience, and that he wants different reactions from his movie, because everyone is different. This movie for sure accomplishes everything that he said he wanted in his films.
Michel Gondry, in my opinion, gets out the best performances for both Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet, and all the supporting actors are very strong as well. There is for sure no lazy acting here. Everyone seems like they really honestly loved this project. Michel and Charlie pull off some of the best transitions and practical effects I have ever seen in a film. Every effect in this movie ties back into the plot in a way that's so unique, and makes you wonder how someone can be this clever. The cinematography in this film is just astonishing in the best way for a 2004 film. The shots are breathtaking, and tie in so perfectly to the characters feelings and overall plot. One example would be one of my favorite scenes in the movie where Joel and Clementine are talking in a memory where she is at work stocking books. If you observe the shot, you would be able to view that the books in the background of the shot start losing their titles and overall color. This ties into how it would be in a dream where you are losing your memories, thus removing things in the background one by one. This was a super clever thing to add to the film, and a bunch of things like this are in the film for you to catch on repeated viewings.
Overall the performances in this film are amazing, the transitions and effects are near flawless, the pace of this movie is amazing, it never makes you feel like checking the time, the message in this movie is brutally honest, making it very bittersweet. This movie will make you cry, laugh, smile, enraged, blue, and much more other emotions. It has very amazing cross over appeal and overall, this is my 2nd favorite film of all time. For sure buy this movie, pop it in once in a while, because every time you watch this, you can pick up something new each time. Repeated viewings show how truly genius this film is, so go watch it, now! If you want...