eternal sunshine of the spotless mind [A+]

moviemcpeake snippet: At last, I finally found love. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the romance film I have been searching for all these years. When I had finally given up hope, when I had finally stopped searching, the film found me.

Eternal Sunshine probably isn't for everybody. It is creative, funky, grungy, full of flare, packed with lost love and regret, and most of all real. Who would have thought Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet would make the perfect onscreen couple? The story is about Joel Barish (Carrey) and Clementine Kruczynski (Winslet) erasing each other from their memories when the relationship is ending. It is once Joel goes through the process that he discovers again what they had and he attempts to stop the procedure to save Clementine and their memories. Carrey is awkward and adorable. He finally was able to shed the Carrey faces and humor and put on a whole new persona. And it suits him just perfectly. Winslet, who has mostly commanded the independent screen and lesser known films, may finally get the recognition she deserves. She plays Clementine, a free spirited individual who seems to be in and out of everything. Sporadic and beautiful, she propels the story and her character into places that I wished every actor and film could take us to.

Written by Charlie Kaufman who has already given us extremely "different" screenplays that have received mixed reviews (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation ) and tend to be liked only by extreme indie lovers, Kaufman finally strikes a cord with a wider audience base and has received more favorable reviews than not. Kaufman, with the help of Michel Gondry, put together a flawless storyline with loveable and hateable characters without compromising originality.

Now that Eternal Sunshine found me, it will be hard to replace my new found love. I was giddy as the characters took me on a romantic journey through first time butterflies, comfort, awkwardness, spontaneity, regret, lost love, first love, real love…eternal love. Eternal Sunshine made me warm with the thought that true love really can exist in today's Hollywood.

recommendation: fall in love with kate winslet and this wonderful honest relationship.