Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004
Directed by Michel Gondry
- Science Fiction, Drama, Romance
- 108 min
- R
You can erase someone from your mind. Getting them out of your heart is another story.
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
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Contemporary, meticulous, intimate and prestige.
- contemporarynostalgic
- rawmeticulous
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
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“Does Kate Winslet steal Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind from Jim Carrey?”
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- The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 2004★★★★★Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind review – a diminishing return of novelty and effect
A very Kaufmanesque narrative experiment, technically ingenious and sophisticated, but it is also overcooked and frenetic
- The New York TimesElvis MitchellMar 2004Washing That Girl Out of His Head
Michel Gondry's film, an angular and intelligent romantic comedy, isn't entirely consistent. Even as you laugh, it's a movie you admire more than love. Mr. Gondry, displaying an impressively quicksilver, scrambling technique, is working with a much better script than he had for "Human Nature," his previous c…
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Cast
- Jim CarreyJoel Barish
- Kate WinsletClementine Kruczynski
- Kirsten DunstMary
- Mark RuffaloStan
- Elijah WoodPatrick
- Tom WilkinsonDr. Mierzwiak
- Jane AdamsCarrie
- David CrossRob
- Deirdre O'ConnellHollis
- Thomas Jay RyanFrank
Crew
- Michel GondryDirector
- Charlie KaufmanScreenplay
- Ellen KurasDirector of Photography
- Jon BrionOriginal Music Composer
- Valdís ÓskarsdóttirEditor
- Anthony BregmanProducer
- Steve GolinProducer
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