Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Movie Review 2004

Unhappy couple uses latest technology to try and vacuum their minds clean of each other and all associated memories in this black comedy. Carrey plays it mostly straight here as Joel, a lovesick sap who undergoes the memory-erasing procedure when he finds out his strident girlfriend Clementine (Winslet) had similar sci-fi style treatment to wipe him out of her trendy blue-streaked head. Carrey begins to have second thoughts, however, playing hide and seek with his memories of Clementine from the thoroughly unprofessional mind-erasing technicians (Ruffalo and Wood) who trash his apartment in the process. Clever story penned by Kaufman in his second venture with director Gondry. Leads earn their stellar salaries here, along with excellent supports, including Wood, Ruffalo, Wilkinson, and Dunst.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 108 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Sci Fi, Amnesia, Black Comedy, Romantic Drama

Screenplay

Michel Gondry, Charlie Kaufman

Cast

Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, Thomas Jay Ryan, Jane Adams, David Cross, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Wilkinson, Ellen Pompeo

Cinematography

Ellen Kuras

Director

Michel Gondry

Music

Jon Brion

Other

Tom Nelson, Valdis Oskarskottir, David Stein, Melissa Toth, Dan Leigh

Producer

Anthony Bregman, Steve Golin, Anonymous Content, This Is That, Focus Features

Awards

Oscars 2004: Orig. Screenplay; British Acad. 2004: Film Editing, Orig. Screenplay; Writers Guild 2004: Orig. Screenplay.