Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (DVD)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was originally released in 2004 and tells the story of Clementine and Joel. With a script by Charlie Kaufman and direction from Michel Gondry, the film was always going to be something special and surreal and it certainly delivers on both counts. The film tells us the story of a love that is found and lost and looks at the themes of romance and memories in a way that I can't say I've experienced before. It begins at the end of Clementine and Joel's relationship and moves backwards to the first blushes of love when both characters are reminded of why they initially fell in love. Perhaps the most interesting (and strange) thing ...  Read the complete review

Eternal Sunshine. What a weird but wonderful movie. We have Charlie Kaufman (the writer of such wacky scripts such as “Being john Malkovich” and “Adaptation”) to thank for this original yet slightly crazy movie. Movie wise I am up for absolutely anything, but come on this movie starred my favourite actress Kirsten Dunst, and someone hilarious I adore, Jim Carrey, and then we have a hobbit thrown in for good measure. How could I resist? Prior to seeing this movie I refused to read any reviews or see any clips, I just didn’t want to know anything other than the basic plot. The trailer was very amusing yet thankfully didn’t give much of the plot away. After seeing it I was ...  Read the complete review

If you're looking for the perfect antidote to formulaic romantic comedies that are so sickly sweet that they leave you feeling physically ill, then "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" could be for you. Written by the man responsible for "Being John Malkovich" and "Adaptation" the film was never going to be a by the numbers romance. In fact, this is the sort of film that will melt your heart whilst simultaneously screwing with your brain - and to my mind that is wonderfully refreshing. Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) and Clementine Krcuzynski (Kate Winslet) are like chalk and cheese. He is shy and reclusive and she is a loud and brash ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room There's little doubting that Charlie Kauffman is a genius: he has written some momentous cerebral films, such as Adaptation, the seminal Being John Malkovich and the great Synecdoche, New York. However, arguably his most acclaimed film is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a beautiful and haunting look at mind within the framework of love, and how sometimes what one SHOULD do and what their heart tells them to do just don't fit coherently. The film revolves around despondent oddball Joel Barish (Jim Carrey), who meets the similarly odd Clementine Kruczynski (Kate Winslet) on a train, ...  Read the complete review

In my entire life, I must have watched only five or six sci-fi movies, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind being one of them. I would never even dream of picking up such a film had it not been for the rave reviews that boldly declared the powerful romance within this film. I have to say I loved the film- it was certainly confusing and I had to watch it at least twice before I could wholly grasp the concept of the film. But I loved it, I loved the melodrama, the sci-fi aspect, and of course, the romance .While Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet did not really enact the best on-screen couple ever, the powerful screen presence of these two legendary actors served to make up for ...  Read the complete review