Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
94 %
Reviews Counted: 209 Fresh: 196 Rotten:13 Average Rating: 8.4/10
Consensus:
A twisty, trippy, yet moving take on love, Kaufman-style.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Theatrical Release: Mar 19, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $34,126,138
Synopsis: ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND is an unconventional romance told in the abstract, inventive, and comedic storytelling style of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman. Like his scripts for ADAPTATION and BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, this plot works off of a relatively complex idea that is more... [More]
Genre: Comedies, Science-Fiction/Fantasy, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Science-Fiction, Love Story, Recommended, Doctors, Surreal, Theatrical Release, Romantic Comedy, Essential Cinema
Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Wilkinson, Elijah Wood
Director: Michel Gondry
Screenwriter: Charlie Kaufman
Story: Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, Pierre Bismuth
Producer: Anthony Bregman, Steve Golin
Composer: Jon Brion
Screenwriter: Charlie Kaufman
Story: Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, Pierre Bismuth
Producer: Anthony Bregman, Steve Golin
Composer: Jon Brion
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Kaufman and Gondry bring out all the weirdness of the premise, sometimes eliciting disbelieving laughter, sometimes taking us to odd, chilly places.
07/30/07
Walking into a theater with Charlie Kaufman on the screen is like volunteering for that wacky boat trip Willy Wonka took through the chocolate factory tunnel...
07/02/06
Finalmente Carrey ha encontrado una película que explota con gran éxito sus dotes para el drama.
05/02/06
Works marvel after marvel in expressing the bewildering beauty and existential horror of being trapped inside one's own addled mind, and in allegorising the self-preserving amnesia of a broken but hopeful heart.
01/26/06
Eternal Sunshine is fresh, heartfelt and ultimately heartbreaking in its honest portrayal of a modern relationship.
12/06/05
The reality is that Hollywood is such an idea poor place Kaufman tends to get more credit than he deserves for work which only occasionally rises above the level of mind games and showy sleight of hand.
12/06/05
The kind of movie that only gets better the more you think about it and I think it cries out for repeat viewings.
03/05/05
You won’t soon forget this walk down memory lane. Actually, make that a RUN down memory lane.
01/21/05
like in the best sci-fi, it's primarily a metaphor for a deeper dilemma: the question of whether or not we'd really be better off eliminating heartbreak from our lives.
01/04/05
Most Hollywood films tell us we have everything we need within ourselves. [This movie] indicates that we need each other, even ... when togetherness disrupts happiness.
12/31/04
...aligned with the Nietzschean idea that we are doomed to be ourselves, that the "eternal recurrence of the same" has a gravitational pull on our hearts.
12/26/04
Without a connection to the central relationship, all of Kaufman's musings and Gondry's visual frills would be for naught, but... it all fits into place.
12/12/04
Maybe this isn’t for everyone, but it’s so well written, directed, and acted that I found it beguiling, thought provoking entertainment.
10/07/04
Eternal Sunshine is undeniably ambitious filmmaking and a feather in this year's cap of indie movies
09/30/04
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