Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Pros: Story, depth of characters, chemistry between Carrey and Winslett
Cons: absolutely none

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is, to put it simply, a moving film. We go through our lives not really knowing where the next path will take us, and we fall under the assumption that things could be better. We fail to see what we have ...

Pros: It's realistic (!) science fiction; it's dazzling; it's romantic, funny. It totally earns its sentimentality.
Cons: Don't watch it while less-than-fully awake.

Here’s the most surprising of the (many) reasons why Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a great movie: it’s plausible, a scientifically up-to-date work of fiction. That’s so rare in Hollywood, it makes me wonder if it’s an ...

Pros: The story; The performances; Unpredictable
Cons: None, but it could be too weird for some

How do couples react when a relationship has hit the skids? Everyone has his/her own way to deal with tough times in love and romance and a sample of a thousand couples would likely result in a thousand different solutions. But what if there was a way to ...

Pros: the plot
Cons: Carrey, jumping around, the lighting

I'm not a Jim Carrey fan at all, so would not have thought to rent this movie from Blockbuster. But one of my friends decided that she wanted to watch it, so brought it over for one of our Friday night movie nights in early October before I left ...

Pros: Jim Carrey (obviously), a real mind trip.
Cons: Not for everybody.

Do you ever just wake up and think, "How did I end up here?" Do you sometimes get so lost in the past that you lose all awareness of the present? Do we erase who we are to make our lives more palpable? Do we think we're the only ones who do it? ...

Pros: a wonderful, wonderful film.
Cons: none.

Easily the best film yet to come along in 2004, the latest film from writer Charlie Kaufman and director Michel Gondry is also the most audacious. It takes as many chances and jumps off as many narrative cliffs as any film in recent memory, but somehow, ...

Pros: Carrey, Wilkinson, Ruffalo, Dunst, Wood, funny, thought-provoking, visually dazzling
Cons: Winslet (at times), plot holes

When my cousin was a baby, he tried to pick up a football that had been sitting in the sun all day and burned his hand. For years after this incident, he wouldn’t touch that ball even if it was inside a cool house. Toddlers know not to make the same ...

Pros: Visually stunning and curiously though provoking
Cons: Too quirky and offbeat for wide audiences

They say that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. Some people might head off on a tangent here about failing your freshman history class and having to take it again as a sophomore, but for the moment, that would take us in the wrong ...

Pros: Oscar-winning script, award-winning performances
Cons: jerk-around style, which is sometimes distracting

The first time I saw this film, I felt strangely unfulfilled. I'd seen the trailer, heard the hype and expected an experience that never really came. Rising up from my seat, I turned to my wife and said, "Good film. Let's go." I'm not quite sure ...

Pros: Carrey & Winslet; riveting, unsettling visuals; intriguing premise.
Cons: Minor plot holes, but nothing that ruins the experience.

Yes, you heard it here first - mfunk75 has been lured from retirement to discuss Michel Gondry's "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"! All he asked in return was that every sentence contain a link to one of his reviews. Let the shameless ...

Pros: Acting, directing, plot-line.
Cons: Some rough patches in the script.

You never know what to expect from comedian, turned comedic actor, turned dramatic actor, Jim Carry (Peggy Sue Got Married - 1986, The Mask – 1994, The Truman Show – 1998, Bruce Almighty – 2003), or where the very versatile and ...

Pros: A Brilliant, Directorial Effort from Michel Gondry with Charlie Kaufman's Romantic, Quirky Script.
Cons: None I Can Think Of.

Did you just get off a nasty breakup? Did the bad memories of the person you loved getting to you? Well, here in Lacuna, Inc., we decide to help remove those awful memories so you can get a chance to live a happier life without pain and heartbreak. ...

Pros: Kate Winslet, Jim Carrey, interesting script, dreamlike visuals, etc.
Cons: will be confusing, weird, etc, etc, for some.

I’ve read many times about how Luis Bunuel is the master of surrealism. Well, yea, some of the content of his films can be outrageous, but the results are rather subtle. But this movie is surreal, and crazy. Eternal Sunshine of the ...

Pros: The last 20 minutes.
Cons: The first 88 minutes.

Wow. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004) is one of those rare movies that demonstrates that only certain forms of art can be created as a movie. Only a film, with the abilities that moviemakers have today, and the willingness of ...

Pros: Well written and directed, generally solid casting
Cons: A few plot issues, slow developing

Ya ever have a memory you wish you could forget? I'm not talking about that time you caught your parents having sex, or the time that spider really freaked the hell out of you. Those things are traumatic, momentary, labile. No, what I'm speaking of ...