A movie that makes you question

Rating: 9/10 (24 November 2019)

The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a confusing movie at times, but when the credits start rolling you are as satisfied as you could be. During the first parts of the film I have to be honest, I was confused. But then as the movie continued, even with its different form of narrative in which the events are all tangled up it was easy to follow.
What the film does best is how it makes you question you own actions in the past, and if given with the option to forget or change it, would you? I, for one thought a lot about some of my past actions that I wish I could do something about. When you know the outcome of an event it really makes you wonder what you could have done differently and how that would affect you in the present.
Jim Carrey's acting is great in the film, as you can really relate to him and his conflict, and how he is unsure and shy. The way I see it, Joel and Clementine compliment each other. Joel is soft-spoken and careful, and Clementine speaks her mind and always goes with the moment. Together they have experiences that they wouldn't have had if they weren't together, as she makes him live more and takes him out of his seemingly boring life. He helps her stay in the moment, but I think that overall Clementine gave Joel more than he did to her. His life turns interesting and he does things he would have never done otherwise.
An interesting thing of the film is the other storyline of Mary, Stan and Dr. Howard. It's interesting because Mary had her memory erased and moved on in life and started dating Stan, but as she learned the truth this life she had been living collapsed. In my opinion her decision to give everyone their memories was not the correct one. Like these people have most likely moved on, and yes, they might have lost precious memories, but it was their decision and maybe they are happy now. Maybe some people fought back the procedure inside their head, like Joel did, but not everyone, who knows what the erased from their mind. Maybe their memories were extremely painful to remember, and because of this I believe this decision was not the morally correct one.
Finally, at the end of the film Joel and Clementine will give it another chance at being together after their memories have been returned. Personally I think that the two of them will be able to work it out as a pair and stay together, as they will learn from their previous mistakes. Regardless of this, the most important learnings are that of taking risks, giving second chances and to hold on to that that makes you feel happy and complete