A quirky little film indeed.

Rating: 9/10 (22 October 2004)

This is the first Jim Carrey movie I've actually enjoyed!
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a quirky dramedy starring Jim Carrey as Joel, a sort of boring, middle-aged man who desperately needs some interest in his life, and Kate Winslet as Clementine, a very feisty blue-haired/red-head/orange-head/green-haired younger woman who is just the person to give Joel just that.
As the movie develops, we discover Patrick (Elijah Wood), Stan (Mark Ruffalo), Mary (Kirsten Dunst), and Howard (Tom Wilkinson) all come into the picture as scientists specializing in memory alteration. Now, this is where things would get confusing if the director hadn't used the particular first scenes that he so eloquently did.
The rest of Eternal Sunshine is told throughout Joel's memories, which he's been wanting erased. Unfortunately, half-way through the procedure, he realizes he wants to hold on to these precious memories (in lack of a better term)--uh, oh!
If you're worried about the content of the movie, other than the swearing, there's nothing really harmful. There's a few joints passed around, and a butt crack courtesy of Ruffalo's character, but it's fairly harmless.
Overall, I give it **** out of *****