Fresh
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind goes by like a fevered dream of love, but one you remember vividly, with profound pleasure.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
You can erase someone from your mind. Getting them out of your heart is another story.
2004 · 1h 48m · R
Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
Directed by
Michel Gondry
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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, Associated Press
Fresh
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, The Atlantic
Fresh
The latest and loveliest alternative universe created by Charlie Kaufman, America's most -- we should probably say only -- intellectually provocative screenwriter.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Fresh
A surprisingly bittersweet love story at heart, Eternal Sunshine values the sum of experience, which in this case means a thorns-and-all openness to romantic possibilities.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
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