Frustration, mystery and endurance of romatic love

Rating: 9/10 (19 March 2004)

Kaufman seems to find in himself an inexhaustible mine of material to write himself as the romantic lead in what is now at least the third film based on himself.

In this one Kaufman puts himself in the premise, "ok, what if I was in a relationship that ended so badly the girl went somewhere and had all memory of me completely eradicated, what would I do?" What follows is a completely original and astonishing amount of imagination and creativity, but most importantly a deep warm heart about the frustration, mystery and endurance of romantic love.
It's an interesting film to watch and to Kaufman's credit, there are no small parts in the film, everything is tightly knit. This is the most restrained acting Jim Carrey has ever pulled off, and I mean that in a good way, while everything you ever thought about Kate Winslet from her role in "Titanic" will be happily obliterated after her fantastic performance in this one. Go see it!