Good but faulted

Rating: 8/10 (19 January 2005)

This is my first review but I spend a lot of time on IMDb and I was horrified to see that Eternal Sunshine was the leading candidate for top movie of 2004. I enjoyed this movie on many levels, especially the great performances by the two leads. Carrey was (for once) subdued yet still strangely magnetic and Winslet was radiant, nearly sublime. Kauffman's script was quirky, involving, thought-provoking, fun--all the things we've come to expect from him. However, the entire Lacuna crew was laughable. Drinking, smoking pot while using a colander to perform intricate brain surgery? Dancing around on the bed in their underwear like a couple of 15-year-olds? I wouldn't trust these people to watch my fish never mind meddle with my noodle. Each scene was so obnoxious and unnecessarily over the top, I thought a Batman & Robin-era Joel Schumacher had slipped behind the camera. Like I said, a good move but faulted.