Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is straight from the imagination of Charlie Kaufman, who won an Oscar for his screenplay. Jim Carrey plays Joel Barish, a bit of a loner and anxious person who happens to find love in an eccentric extrovert, Clementine Kruczynski (Kate Winslet). When the relationship sours, Clementine rashly decides to have Joel erased from her memory. Literally. Joel retaliates in kind. But the night Stan (Mark Ruffalo) and Patrick (Elijah Wood) are ridding Clementine of Joel’s memory, Joel changes his mind and attempts to save her, if only in his memory. The story unfolds primarily in Joel’s mind, so the viewer must be alert. An inventive and funny movie, it often challenges our conception of love and happiness, of what’s important to hold on to in life and in memory.
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