If only all movies could do this...

Rating: 10/10 (20 March 2004)

This movie is amazing. I know I say that about all the movies I like, but when you go into a theatre and can be absolutely transformed, and your emotions are taken on such a rollercoaster ride...that's when you know you've seen magic. That's when you realize you've been involved in an incredible movie experience. The story is complicated and messy, and is all about relationships and all about losing someone you love when they don't go anywhere. And it's jarring and it's emotional and it all takes place on Long Island! and when you watch Jim Carrey, you're amazed by how good an actor he really is and Kate Winslet is charming and schizophrenic and everyone is so well cast and everyone is so mesmerizing.

I want to watch this movie again and again. The cuts were frenetic, and there are time jumps and audio distortion and things don't sync up and it's all on purpose and it's so smart! Me and my friends Mikey and Jay seemed to be the only 3 people in the whole packed theatre who LAUGHED during the movie because we understood it. And other people hated it. Look, you just need to see it and experience it. Find yourself getting lost in the story and it captures you and makes you think, and Charlie Kaufman is so good at what he does. And you relate to Joel and Clementine even if you don't want to because even if you've never been in love, their story makes sense, and all the things that happen in a relationship that f*** it up make sense. And to have nearly the entire movie take place in Joel's dreams and have everyone be tainted by his perspective is so brilliant. Oh my god.