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Propelled by Charlie Kaufman's smart, imaginative script and Michel Gondry's equally daring directorial touch, Eternal Sunshine is a twisty yet heartfelt look at relationships and heartache.
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For all its high-falutin' references this is just another rom com with a bit of angst and ontological confusion thrown into the mix. January 9, 2018 | Full Review…
For all its high-falutin' references this is just another rom com with a bit of angst and ontological confusion thrown into the mix.
Will Self
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind goes by like a fevered dream of love, but one you remember vividly, with profound pleasure. May 30, 2014
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind goes by like a fevered dream of love, but one you remember vividly, with profound pleasure.
Joe Morgenstern
At its core, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind could have been just another love story. Refracted through Kaufman's wonderfully weird prism, it's something truly memorable. May 30, 2014 | Full Review…
At its core, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind could have been just another love story. Refracted through Kaufman's wonderfully weird prism, it's something truly memorable.
Christy Lemire
The result is a cinematic vagueness that makes the film less aesthetic yet more persuasive. This is how dreams really look: like reality, only less so. May 30, 2014 | Full Review…
The result is a cinematic vagueness that makes the film less aesthetic yet more persuasive. This is how dreams really look: like reality, only less so.
Christopher Orr
It's a very Kaufmanesque narrative experiment, technically ingenious and sophisticated. It also looks like some lost comedy idea by Philip K Dick; you could call this film We Can Forget It for You Retail. May 30, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
It's a very Kaufmanesque narrative experiment, technically ingenious and sophisticated. It also looks like some lost comedy idea by Philip K Dick; you could call this film We Can Forget It for You Retail.
Peter Bradshaw
The latest and loveliest alternative universe created by Charlie Kaufman, America's most -- we should probably say only -- intellectually provocative screenwriter. May 30, 2014 | Full Review…
The latest and loveliest alternative universe created by Charlie Kaufman, America's most -- we should probably say only -- intellectually provocative screenwriter.
Richard Corliss
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a whirlwind of emotions, and it is the kind of romance that is just grounded enough, in reality, to inspire and incite, but whimsical enough to deserve its own special place in the genre's history. February 13, 2020 | Full Review…
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a whirlwind of emotions, and it is the kind of romance that is just grounded enough, in reality, to inspire and incite, but whimsical enough to deserve its own special place in the genre's history.
Kristy Strouse
With a tagline of 'Would you erase me?', I can only beg someone to erase Eternal Sunshine from theaters -- quickly. November 6, 2019 | Full Review…
With a tagline of 'Would you erase me?', I can only beg someone to erase Eternal Sunshine from theaters -- quickly.
Debbie Lynn Elias
From the opening frame to the closing credits, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is unmistakably the work of a true creative genius. June 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
From the opening frame to the closing credits, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is unmistakably the work of a true creative genius.
Matthew Lucas
It's a surprising, clever sci-fi twist, even as the relationship drama it dredges up doesn't feel at all like science fiction. March 26, 2019 | Full Review…
It's a surprising, clever sci-fi twist, even as the relationship drama it dredges up doesn't feel at all like science fiction.
K. Austin Collins
...genius, or at least fascinating. [Full review in Spanish] September 6, 2017 | Full Review…
...genius, or at least fascinating. [Full review in Spanish]
Fernanda Solórzano
The wacky sight gags and psycho-drama slapstick is tinged with melancholy and regret ... June 16, 2016 | Full Review…
The wacky sight gags and psycho-drama slapstick is tinged with melancholy and regret ...
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